Paul Hobson / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} pulling the tail of a Common buzzard {Buteo buteo} as it feeds. Wales, UK

Roger Powell / Tractor ploughing stubble field followed by mixed flock of Common Starlings, Black-headed Gulls and Carrion Crows, Northumberland, UK

Nature Production / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} flying and dropping Whelk {Neptunea polycostata} on to road to break shell as it hits the ground, Japan, May, sequence 2/3

Nature Production / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} feeding on Whelk {Neptunea polycostata} that it has dropped from a height to break the shell on the road, Japan, May, sequence 3/3

Nature Production / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} flying and dropping Whelk {Neptunea polycostata} on to road to break shell as it hits the ground, Japan, May, sequence 1/3

Bruno D'Amicis / Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) white morph chases away Hooded and Carrion crows from its prey. Germany

David Kjaer / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) perching on post, Wales

Duncan Mcewan / Black carrion beetle (Silpha carinata) amongst hair, UK

David Kjaer / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) Wiltshire, UK

Konrad Wothe / Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) teasing a Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), Germany

Jose B. Ruiz / Sub adult Griffon vulture with head inside goat carcass carrion (Gyps fulvus) Monfrague NP, Spain

Neil Lucas / Titan arum in flower (Amorphophallus titanum) Sumatra, Indonesia. This species has the largest unbranched flower inflorescence which smells strongly of rotting carrion.

Miles Barton / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) sits above road, waiting for traffic lights to change to red to retrieve nuts purposely left on road to be crushed, Sendai, Japan

Miles Barton / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} feeding on crushed walnut placed on road purposefully so that vehicle will crush it, Sendai, Japan

Dietmar Nill / Eagle owl {Bubo bybo} perched on carrion carcass, Germany.

Jason Smalley / Crow trap used on nature reserve to control the number of predatory crows and magpie preying on wader chicks, Lancashire, UK.

DAVID TIPLING / Silhouette of Carrion Crows {Corvus corone} perching on a dead tree at dawn, Kent, UK

Philippe Clement / Carrion crows {Corvus corone} feeding on dead rabbit, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} feeding on dead rabbit, Belgium

Jose B. Ruiz / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} on rock calling, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} on rock with wings spread, Spain.

Philippe Clement / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} feeding on dead rabbit, Belgium

Duncan Usher / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) pair, Europe

Flip de Nooyer / Domestic Cat (Felis catus) and Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) in tree, Europe

Mark Moffett / American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) female on fur, North America

Tui De Roy / Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) male feeding on carrion, Condor Huasi Project, Hacienda Zuleta, Cayambe, Ecuador

Adrian Davies / Titan arum plant about to flower {Amorphophallus titanum} Kew Gardens, UK. This species has the largest unbranched flower inflorescence which smells strongly of rotting carrion.

Mike Wilkes / Carrion crow perched {Corvus corone} UK

Mike Wilkes / Carrion crow perched {Corvus corone} UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Red kite feeding on carrion, Pyrenees, Spain

Mike Wilkes / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) Exmoor, UK. Devon

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Masdevallia regina) flowering near stream attracts carrion fly pollinators with rotting aroma, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Masdevallia sp) flower being pollinated by tiny carrion flies which are attracted to the flower by its foul smell, one is carrying a pollinium, Finca Dracula Orchid Sanctuary, western Panama

Jasper Doest / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) in the dunes, Netherlands

Robin Chittenden / Larson trap with Carrion crow (Corvus corone) and eggs as bait, Northumberland, England, May

Mike Read / Carrion crow {Corvus corone} perched, Radipole Lake RSPB reserve, Dorset, UK

Chien Lee / Rhizanthes (Rhizanthes lowii) flower mimics the smell of a rotting carcass to attract carrion flies which swarm around it to lay their eggs, Malaysia

Jane Burton / Carrion flower (Stapelia variegata) flower and unopened bud

Jane Burton / Carrion flower (Stapelia variegata) two flowers

Kim Taylor / Carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma thoracicum) Surrey, England

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling perched on bench, begging for food, captive

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling perched on bench, being fed by hand, captive

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow, fledgling (Corvus corone corone)

Petra Wegner / Woman with Carrion Crow, orphaned fledgling (Corvus corone corone), Germany

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow, (Corvus corone corone) orphaned fledgling begging for food, Germany

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling perched, captive

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow, fledgling begging for food (Corvus corone corone)

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling perched, captive

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow, (Corvus corone corone) orphaned fledgling begging for food, Germany

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling perched, yawning, captive

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow, fledgling begging for food (Corvus corone corone)

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling perched, captive

Petra Wegner / Yorkshire Terrier and orphan fledgling Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone)

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow, fledgling (Corvus corone corone)

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling, captive

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow, fledgling perched, (Corvus corone corone)

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling perched on bench, captive

Petra Wegner / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) fledgling, captive

Premaphotos / Carrion beetle (Ptomaphila lacrymosa) feeding on fly maggots in the eye socket of a dead kangaroo, Australia

John Waters / Carrion Crow {Corvus carone} on Wood ant nest{Formica rufa} 'anting' - using the ants to help clean the plumage of parasites, Quantock Hills, Somerset, UK

Konrad Wothe / Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) teasing a Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), Germany

Flip de Nooyer / Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) perching on branch, Europe

Miles Barton / Carrion crow waits for traffic to stop at red lights before placing walnut on road. Japan

Adrian Davies / Titan arum flower {Amorphophallus titanum} Kew Gardens London UK This species has the largest unbranched flower inflorescence which smells strongly of rotting carrion.