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ORIGIN OF PIECES<\/h2>\n\n

AN ANATOMICAL MISCELLANY<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

A baboon\u2019s backside<\/h4>\n\n
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A troop of hamadryas baboons is quite a sight <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Scientists haven\u2019t quite got to the bottom of the florid sexual swellings on the behinds of female baboons They are most spectacular in the fertile phase of the reproductive cycle, when males show the greatest interest.<\/span> However, it\u2019s not clear that females with the fruitiest booties enjoy greater success. In mandrills, it\u2019s the males that have the rum bums \u2013 the more dominant the male, the more louche the tush.<\/p>\n\n

Stuart <\/strong>Blackman <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Photo: BABOONS: DARBY SAWCHUK\/ALAMY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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