After mating, females often give loud staccato grunts. ... Once a female baboon mates with a preferred male, it is in her best interest to give that male's sperm the best chance to fertilize her eggs by avoiding further copulation. Males comply by guarding a female that's grunted.

How do baboons make babies?

Typically, a female will only give birth to one offspring at a time, though twins have been recorded. Baby baboons are called infants. Infants weigh about 2 lbs. (1 kg) at birth and cling to their mother by hanging onto her chest fur as she goes throughout her day.

Why do female baboons groom males?

Because males can provide important services, such as protection against infanticidal attacks and harassment (Smuts 1985; Saunders 1988; Silk et al. 2003; Nguyen et al. 2012), females may be motivated to groom males in return for these services. Grooming may also have important indirect or direct health consequences.