Why do some baboons have swollen butts?

Subject: Why do some baboons have swollen butts?

Date: Fri Aug 11 23:21:15 2000
Posted by Matt
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: none
City: chicago State/Province: illinois Country: USA
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 966050475.Zo

Message:


I was at the zoo the other day and noticed that several of the baboons 
had "swollen" butts?  There were no zookeepers around to answer my 
questions.  They appeared to be female... but am not 100% sure.  They were 
all smaller and less aggressive.  All of them had bare butts... which is 
typical for baboons... but some of them had swollen areas around the 
anus.  Is it infection... are they in "heat"... or maybe just baboon 
hemorrhoids?

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