Is it racist if Rafiki the baboon is played by Patrick Ewing without any make-up in The Lion King?. From Wordnik.com. [TYLER PERRY TYLER PERRY TYLER PERRY] Reference
In his defence, Herselman argued that the word baboon was common in conversational Afrikaans and had no malicious or bad intentions. From Wordnik.com. [News24] Reference
"Where is Mappo now?" asked a small baboon, which is another kind of monkey. From Wordnik.com. [Nero, the Circus Lion His Many Adventures] Reference
The ape and the baboon are the most skilled of all animals in making their flight. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Side of Animals] Reference
The baboon is a vegetarian but no bigot, and will eat mutton chops without protest. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 6, 1917] Reference
"Take a letter to Kublai Khan, " I said to Mon Cul, pretending that the baboon was my secretary. From Wordnik.com. [Another Roadside Attraction]
He added that the animal described by Gill sounded like an olive baboon, which is not endangered. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The baboon is a well-characterized cardiovascular disease model; however, no baboon miRNAs have been identified. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
There were dahlia and rhododendron plants, avocado trees and fuchsias, even a fascinating hairy-leaved thing called a baboon flower. From Wordnik.com. [There's Something In A Sunday]
They found that drill-mangabeys and drills and mandrills shared numerous features that aren’t present in baboon-mangabeys and baboons. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
This baboon is serious. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Guess what zoo I’ll be avoiding this year?] Reference
I didn't read it in French, I just like the title and spelling of "baboon" in French ;- It looks comically elegant. From Wordnik.com. [Gestural Communication] Reference
Hartzenberg found that the word "baboon" was clearly used in a derogatory sense and was capable of a defamatory meaning. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The baboon is dead. From Wordnik.com. [The Melancholy of Laughter] Reference
The baboon is dead, too. From Wordnik.com. [The Melancholy of Laughter] Reference
"baboon," a species of which is found in Babylonia. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
"baboon" amid those hideous red-brick villas which have been termed an. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Fireside with Silent Friends] Reference
"baboon" in a pamphlet distributed to police stations in Ulundi and kwaMashu. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The baboon went crazy, bared its teeth, got all upset. From Wordnik.com. [Summer Movies: What's So Funny?] Reference
The maroon baboon was sitting on the top branch of the tree. From Wordnik.com. [A short, nonsense story about colours, sounds and Big Mo] Reference
I had never planned to become a Savannah baboon when I grew up. From Wordnik.com. [Caution: These Books May Make You Skip Work] Reference
Bushmen returned to camp dragging between them a half-grown baboon. From Wordnik.com. [A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa] Reference
You recall the round and gaping mouth of a baboon-panda and shiver. From Wordnik.com. [Everyday Zoology] Reference
Suddenly, the baboon jumped off the tree and the pink cushion followed him. From Wordnik.com. [A short, nonsense story about colours, sounds and Big Mo] Reference
The pink cushion was like a maroon baboon when they both fell from the oak tree. From Wordnik.com. [A short, nonsense story about colours, sounds and Big Mo] Reference
Because he came from South Africa and looked like a baboon, we called him "baboon.". From Wordnik.com. [Life in a Tank] Reference
(Soundbite of baboon) ABUMRAD: These are baboons we are hearing, like real baboons?. From Wordnik.com. [Holy Baboon! A 'Mystical' Moment In Africa] Reference
KRULWICH: In this case, I was thinking about a rather odd moment of baboon behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Holy Baboon! A 'Mystical' Moment In Africa] Reference
When the baboon sat down on his hams he was about as tall as the boy when he walked. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
A little old man with a head like a baboon -- the scientific examiner -- tried to make. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A letter from Demarara thus describes a meeting between a mother baboon and two men with guns. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
At length he went, and when he reached the tree, he saw a huge baboon with two young cubs in her arms. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of Animals] Reference
In the first-ever cross-species liver transplant, doctors replaced his diseased liver with one from a healthy baboon. From Wordnik.com. [New Hope For Transplant Patients] Reference
The men, on the other hand, were a most ugly race of beings, diminutive in size, and with the features of an old baboon. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808] Reference
The animal seemed at once to understand what would probably take place, and appealingly held out in each hand a baby baboon. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
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