Troop life
Olive baboons eat almost anything, grass, fruit, roots, insects and the occasional small animal, which is why they are the most widespread baboon in Africa. A troop sleeps in trees or on cliffs and spends the day walking and foraging together, the young riding on their mothers' backs.
Rank runs through the females, inherited from mother to daughter, while males compete and form alliances to rise. Long-term studies in Kenya and Tanzania have shown that strong social bonds mean longer lives and more surviving offspring.