Baboons piggyback babies across river

These baboons came up with a novel way to cross the river – by giving the kids a piggy back.

The adorable baby baboons were too small to make the leap, so they clung onto the grown-ups as they hopped from rock to rock across the river.


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Photographer Ernest Porter captured the adorable scenes on camera when he was on holiday at Kruger National Park in South Africa.

Ernest, 23, said: "I saw a troop of baboons on a large rock in the Sabie River.

"I decided to stay and photograph them for a while.

"Things started to get interesting when the troop decided to move on.

"They wanted to get to the other side of the river – a few of the adults jumped from one rock to another in order to get across.

"But they came across a problem when the young ones couldn't get across.

"Luckily they came up with a solution – they extremely young baboons were supported by one arm around them, as the adults held them close to their bellies and jumped over the river.

"The slightly older juveniles climbed on the backs of the adults and held on with both arms and feet as the adults jumped.

"It was an amazing event to witness, I'm so glad I was able to capture the action."