Baboon Eats Gazelle Alive
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It’s extremely graphic and disturbing, but this video of a baboon eating a newborn gazelle in Kenya while it’s still alive shows quite a common behaviour. Baboons regularly consume meat in order to get a boost of protein – they're not peaceful vegetarians at all! In fact, young gazelles form a substantial part of their diet in this part of the world.
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