Top pic is a Borassus Palm and above the Lala Palm. The fruit of the Lala Palm is favored by Baboons. They tear open the very tough, fibrous outer skin and eat the contents. I think they eat the pith around the innermost kernel, which is a small round, white ball and this is known as vegetable ivory. It is extremely hard, about the size of a ping pong ball and hollow. Baboons must have incredibly strong teeth and jaws that they can tear the outer skin off.
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