Meet the Baboon: A Railway Worker in South Africa with a Perfect Record

A screenshot of a Wikipedia-style biography page for 'Jack', a baboon who worked as a railway signalman assistant for a disabled man in 1880s South Africa. The text details how Jack was purchased, trained, and employed by James 'Jumper' Wide, who lost his legs in an accident. It notes Jack was paid 20 cents a day and half a bottle of beer weekly, never made a mistake, and his skull is now in a museum. The text is presented in a standard wiki layout with section headers and footnotes.

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