Papio Anubis is called the Anubis baboon. Baboons are diurnal, spending most of their time on the ground. At night, they sleep in trees or cliffs, travel as a family in the morning to feeding grounds. Before moving off is the time to socialize, while the young ones play. As the day moves towards its close, they go back to their sleeping quarters and again spend some time socializing, doing activities such as grooming, before they sleep.
Olive baboons generally live in troops of between 20 to 60 animals, sometimes up to 100 individuals. In a typical troop the adult males number 7 or 8, with two times that number of females and their young. If troops come across each other, the larger group may cause the smaller one to be displaced, or they just ignore each other. These baboons communicate by means of vocalizations and a large range of facial expressions: staring, raising eyebrows, and baring their teeth are displays of aggression.
Baboons are omnivorous and are experts at foraging in all parts of the environment where they live: on the ground, under the ground, and in the trees. They eat grasses, seeds, roots, fruit, leaves, bark, invertebrates, lizards, turtles, fish, frogs, eggs, the young of birds, young mammals, including other primates, and crocodile eggs. They eat whatever they can find. They shuffle with their hands and feet through the grass while they move or sit, in order to flush out a possible meal.
Both males and females are polygamous. They reach sexual maturity at the age of 7-10. Females seek out the males, generally the strong, well-established ones. There is no breeding season, though mating during the rainy season is more common. One baby is born, and rarely two, following a gestation of about 187 days. A mother carries her newborn at her breast by holding it with one arm, then at 4 or 5 weeks old, a baby will sit on her back to ride. The baby first eats solid food when 5 or 6 months old, being weaned at 8 months. Females groom and play with the young. The male helps with rearing and grooming and defends his females when necessary, the young ones often choosing to follow or sit next to the males.
Predators include all the big cats, such as lions and leopards, wild dogs, hyenas, chimpanzees, and crocodiles.
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