thought this was interesting - don't know anything about accuracy/ of source
how the story was observed
Dave Featherstone
Baboon Revenge
Stone-throwing baboons in Saudi Arabia waited three days on the side of a
mountain road to take revenge on a driver who had killed one of their troop.
Al-Riyadh reported that the primates ambushed the driver on the same road
between Mecca and Taif on which the baboon had been run down earlier in the
week. After spotting the car responsible for the death, one of the apes
screamed out a signal to the rest to attack, provoking a frenzied stone
throwing. Although the driver was able to escape, the apes broke out the
windshield of his car. At least 350,000 baboons live in Saudi Arabia.
> San Francisco Chronicle, page D-8, Sat. 12/9/00]
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