Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal approaching with curiosity - remote camera (Canis mesomelas). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Neil Aldridge / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) pups waiting at their den on Mashatu Game Reserve, Tuli, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) standing in the middle of the vast Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana.

Solvin Zankl / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) attacking Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pup, Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, December. Sequence 3/6

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a wildebeest carcass. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) standing next to a wildebeest carcass. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Loic Poidevin / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) resting, Masai Mara, Kenya. March.

Loic Poidevin / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) hunting, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Staffan Widstrand / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas), licking nose, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) scavenging on dead pig Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Denis-Huot / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas), juvenile near den, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas), young ones near the den where they hide themselves, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya