Baboons aren’t obscure or anything but they certainly are weird, so they belong in my new series. Sometimes I think we forget that there are beings out there that resemble us in some way, but then when you get a look at a creature like the Mandrill baboon, you realize that you don’t have blue and red ridged noses and the whites of your eyes not black. That is the creepiest bit about them to me. All you see in their eyes is the red iris staring you down. I am pretty sure they are mean, mean. Alma and I saw one at a weird little zoo in San Antonio that specialized in reptiles. Through the cage, the male made direct eye contact with me and grunted angrily. It was surreal.

The Madrill Baboon