The monkey moved with the cub from branch to branch at Kruger National Park in South Africa this weekend.
"I went to an area very active with lion sightings recently and came upon a troop of baboons really excited and playful," Schultz said in a press statement."This is normal for early mornings."
At first, Schultz thought it was a female baboon but it turned out to be a young male. It was seen crossing the road and climbing a marula tree. "Male baboons do a lot of grooming but the care given to this lion cub was the same care given by a female baboon to one of her own young," he said.The cub appeared exhausted but uninjured, he continued, though it is possible that it sustained internal injuries which were not immediately visible.
"In 20 years of guiding southern and east Africa, and being in the Kruger for close on 20 years, I have witnessed baboons viciously killing leopard cubs and have heard of baboons killing lion cubs but have never seen the care and attention given to a lion cub in this manner," he said.
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