No dog is a match for one, and the hyena and leopard often come off second-best in an encounter with a baboon.
They are not carnivorous, however, and only tear their enemy to pieces without eating it.

Their food consists of fruits and bulbous roots, which they well understand to dig out of the ground with the sharp nails of their hands.
Although they will not attack man if left alone, they become dangerous assailants when hunted and brought to bay.
Many odd stories are told of the chacma baboon among the settlers of Southern Africa, such as their robbing the traveller of his food, and then going off to some distance, and mocking him, while they devour it.
The natives also say that they sometimes use a stick in walking, "crowing" for roots, and in self-defence.

Also, when a young one has succeeded in finding a choice root, and is observed by an older and stronger one, that the latter takes it away: but, should the young one have already swallowed it, then the bully picks him up, turns him head downward, and shakes him until he is forced to "disgorge!" Many such tales are current in the country of the boors, and they are not all without foundation, for these animals most certainly possess the power of _reflection_ in a high degree.
Totty from her perch saw enough to convince her of this, had she been herself inclined to philosophise.

But she was not.

She was only a little curious about the manoeuvres of the animals, and she called Truey and little Jan up into the tree, in order that they might share the spectacle with her.