Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) male defending a kill from vultures after lions have finished - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and Black-back jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya...

Stephen Dalton / Pond skaters (Gerris lacustris) on water surface with dead bee, England, UK

Richard Du Toit / Spotted hyaena {Crocuta crocuta} with Buffalo bone. Moremi WR Botswana

Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feeding on the carcass of an elephant - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Stephen Dalton / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) raiding dustbin, UK

Doug Wechsler / Turkey Vulture {Cathartes aura} eating dead fish, Anouac National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Black backed jackal {Canis mesomelas} feeding on Gazelle kill, Africa

Jose B. Ruiz / Azure winged magpie {Cyanopica cyanus} at sheep carcass, Ciudad Real, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Azure winged magpies {Cyanopica cyanus} feeding on sheep carcass, Ciudad Real, Spain

Shattil & Rozinski / Ferruginous hawk {Buteo regalis} mantling prey, protecting it from marauding Black billed magpie, Colorado, USA

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Ghost crabs scavanging on beach {Ocypode saratan} Khor Shumayr, Oman