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Symbiosis: Mutualism
The Olive Baboon and the African Elephant have a mutual symbiotic relationship (Mutualism).
The olive baboon inhabits 25 African countries ranging from the east and west coast of the continent. Their habitats are defined as the savanna, living in wide plains of grasslands. The African elephant can be found in many areas of Africa. Their main habitats are dense forests and woodlands.

When the land gets dry and there is no water, the elephants are known to dig “wells” in the sand to create a water supply. When this happens the baboons know to follow the elephants around so they can get in on the water supplies. The baboons re-pay the elephants for the water by keeping a watch from the tops of trees for danger. While the elephants are drinking or digging they keep guard over the area, if danger arises they will screech and make noise so the elephants know to get away from the area to escape the danger. In return the elephants let the baboons drink from their watering holes. For an example: the elephants are digging for water when a pack of lions starts to make their way towards them, to attack. The baboons that are high up in the trees watching over them screech, warning the elephants. The elephants then know that danger is near and flee the area. When the lions realize the elephants are gone and also leave the area, the baboons get to drink from the newly dug watering holes, danger free. Here the Baboons are drinking from a watering whole the the elephants dug/found. While other baboons would be watching the area from the trees.
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_baboon http://prezi.com/dwaecitldeyf/olive-baboon-and-the-african-elephant/ http://blog.thomsonsafaris.com/safari/symbiotic-wildlife-tanzania



References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_baboon http://prezi.com/dwaecitldeyf/olive-baboon-and-the-african-elephant/ http://blog.thomsonsafaris.com/safari/symbiotic-wildlife-tanzania

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