Martin Dohrn / Hyaenas threatening lions who have stolen kill. Serengeti NP, Tanzania, East Africa. Image taken using 'Starlight Camera' technology and infra red light. Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Bence Mate / Silhouette of an African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) snarling, Mkuze, South Africa. September. 'White Fang' - this leopard bared its fangs to the hyenas threatening his prey. Eventually the leopa...

Denis-Huot / Lion (Panthera leo), in conflict with a group of Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) on a kill at sunrise, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Lion (Panthera leo), in conflict with a group of Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) on a kill at sunrise, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Naskrecki & Guyton / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feed in a frenzy at a waterbuck carcass (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. Waterbuck are large animals with tough hides, and in Gorongo...

Jen Guyton / Rüppell's griffon vultures (Gyps rueppelli) and white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) squabble over an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana), Laikipia Plateau, Kenya. Dozens of vultures can feed on t...

Jen Guyton / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) pick at the drying and deflated skin of an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana) while spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) look on, Laikipia Plateau, Kenya. The hye...

Jen Guyton / Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta), Rüppell's griffon vultures (Gyps rueppelli) and white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) at the carcass of an elephant (Loxodonta africana), as the night and day shifts...

Jen Guyton / Rüppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppelli) and spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) pick at an elephant (Loxodonta africana) carcass at dawn, Laikipia Plateau, Kenya. This elephant was killed by governme...

Jen Guyton / Two spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) standing in front of an elephant carcass at dawn, Laikipia Plateau, Kenya. This elephant was killed by government officials after it killed a man walking home late...

Jen Guyton / A spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) chases a flock of white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) away from an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana), Laikipia Plateau, Kenya. The hyenas are tinted a reddish...

Jen Guyton / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) pick at the drying and deflated skin of an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana), Laikipia Plateau, Kenya. The hyenas are ti...