Researchers Prepare Baboon GPS Collars (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Researchers Prepare Baboon GPS Collars

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Project leader Margaret Crofoot (right) and researcher Roland Kays (left), both research associates at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, prepare GPS collars for their study subjects. The collars are custom-designed to weigh less than 5 percent of an olive baboon's body weight, record positional data once per second for at least two weeks and automatically detach at the end of the study.

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