On top was a model of a Panhard Dyna X, with its windscreen forming the baboon's eyes, and the car's bonnet for the nose.
He was also a model for a Dallas Texas based clothing and record shop, Last Beat Records, which also was an indie record label and released albums from such bands as Baboon and Fireworks.
It follows the story of 50 Chimpanzees, 26 Gorillas, seven Baboons and four Mandrills who have been orphaned by the bush meat trade in the West African country of Cameroon showing the vital work of the Mefou National Park and the Limbe Wildlife Centre along with Ape Action Africa (formerly the Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund) and "In Defence of Animals - Africa", two charities that are dedicated to saving the primates in the region.
Elephants, whales, manatees, sacred ibis, cranes, eagles, gyrfalcons, Rhinoceros Hornbills, cheetahs, leopards, African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus), caracals, baboons, eland, meerkats, gibbons, orangutans, penguins, pandas, polar bears, lions, giant Pacific manta rays, and saltwater crocodiles are among the animals he has filmed and photographed.
Professor DeVore was doing field research on the behavior and ecology of baboons in 1959, at the same time Jane Goodall was doing her research on chimpanzees and Robert Ardrey was writing African Genesis, and has also studied the San of southern Africa.
Leonard L. Bailey (born 1942), surgeon who transplanted heart of baboon into Baby Fae
Pterinochilus chordatus, or Killimanjaro mustard baboon spider, is an old-world tarantula, first described in 1873 by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker.
Its nose art and name were based on the male character Baboon McGoon from Al Capp's comic strip, Li'l Abner.