
Baboon
A troop-tough primate with serious canine teeth.
Baboon vs Meerkat
Tonight's science rumble is set in the picnic meadow, sandwiches evacuated. No snacks were harmed.
Baboon
Papio anubis
Baboons keep a lookout while others forage. Safety is a job.
Fruit, grass, insects, and the occasional small animal. Flexible and fearless at picnic tables.
Meerkat
Suricata suricatta
Meerkats have dark eye patches that work like built-in sunglasses.
Insects, scorpions, eggs, and the occasional lizard. They even eat venomous scorpions.
Who do YOU think wins?

Meerkat
The smallest fighter with the biggest sentry energy.