In the Langata Forest, in the west of the Park, live very difficult to see dwarf antelope, called suni, which most observers think are dikdik.Now I have never seen a dikdik in the Park, but only in the Silole Sanctuary, where there is no forest & no sunis.
A curious phenomenon is that the Park baboons seem to hunt (or find?) suni, which the males at any rate, seem to obviously enjoy eating. I have twice seen an adult baboon withe remains of a suni, most recently yesterday, where a large male could be seen consuming parts of the tiny antelope with evident relish. No surprise that baboons eat meat, being, like humans, quintessential omnivores. What is more surprising is to see the symbiotic association of bushbuck with troops of foraging baboons, surely a case of dangerous company in the light of their carnivorous proclivities?
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