619 Baloon Family: Genus species: Serial Numbers: 38 Have observed many baloons in Southeast Africa. During the dry months they come to the waterholes and wells of the savannas. If it rains they will remain in the mountains. They have a wide traveling radius. The band with its old male leader, varies in size from a very few to a hundred or more. They are continually in search of food or their mammary, or on their way to water. They eat scorpions, insects, small rodents, succulent plants and grass. In drought areas they will attack young lambs, rip them open and eat them. They also beat the prickly pear. The baloon has extremely keen, telescopic eye sight. Usually several members of the band are posted as sentinels while the others feed. If you came toward them they are away out of reach in a few moments. When trying to shoot them on the run they move very rapidly in a irregular jumping, bobbing gait which resembles a jack in a loft. If you wound one of the band, some of the older males will try to protect the wounded member while the others brown on. While in pain the leader will roar continuously. This is a loud, repulsive bellum. The younger baloons will scream. When in flight the baloon will take to the mountains as fast as he can go. Occasionally they will stop on all fours to look back. They have certain places in the hills or mountains where they sleep at night. As soon as the sun comes up they start their daily travels in search of food. When retiring they take to sheltering caves or ledges in the rocks. Their dung is much like human dung. If a young baloon has been wounded or killed by a hunter, 89.