Who Decides Where A Baboon Troop Goes and Why That Even Matters

A big thanks to all current and future patrons who are helping fund this science communication outreach via Patreon: http://bit.ly/2Sfmkph This is a super-secret video we've been waiting to release for a long time now! This research appears today in Science, and we've created this video to help visually explain the findings! Here is the link to the actual article! http://www.sciencemag.org/content/348/6241/1358.short Essentially, we were able to follow Dr. Meg Crofoot to the Mpala Research Station in Kenya to track an entire troop of baboons. Nobody has ever tracked a group of primates with GPS collars at this scale before. Our job was to film the process of capturing and tagging. It was an amazing trip, and the results are finally in! First, if you didn't see the capture and tracking video, check that out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPX3etHUrwE Now for the results. The data seem to show that these large males don't have any more influence over where the group goes than anyone else. But they found there were some rules. In particular, it had a lot to do with the direction little sub-groups were heading in. Of course, I'm not going to try to explain all the results here in this description. Watch the video and then read the Science article. Special thanks to the actual researchers here - Meg, Ari, Damien, Iain. I'll post links to their work shortly. Don't forget to subscribe to this channel for more great science videos! Our GEAR ------------ Main DSLR: https://amzn.to/2Sho2qc Second Camera: http://amzn.to/2B9HInR Main Lens: http://amzn.to/2BaEXTk The Adventure Camera Bag: http://amzn.to/2B8WYRH The Macro Lens: http://amzn.to/2hHUhxW Telephoto Lens: http://amzn.to/2za1FJV Our Mega Wide Lens: http://amzn.to/2z9KtnS Our BEST On-camera Mic: http://amzn.to/2hGuSVt The Drone: http://amzn.to/2z84Bqc My Moving Timelapse Setup: https://amzn.to/2SeCZcJ GoPro HERO 7: https://amzn.to/2ShoPHG Our Filmmaking Book: http://amzn.to/2zV88LS Our Music: https://goo.gl/roSjb7 The full video setup: https://kit.com/UntamedScience (By buying through these links you help us support the channel) On Social -------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/untamedscience/ (Jonas @behindthescience) Twitter: https://twitter.com/untamedscience Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/untamedscience Website: http://www.untamedscience.com YouTube: http://bit.ly/2EDk6vO (for most of my work) Here are more links to our work: If you're new to filmmaking, explore our series on Basic Photo and Video Techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-EG-A7IRIc Our behind-the-scenes YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/robnelsonfilms Help us create amazing, world-reaching content by translating and transcribing videos on our channel: https://goo.gl/ZHnFcL