Solvin Zankl / Brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) stalking fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pup, Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, December. Sequence 1/8

Ann & Steve Toon / Brown hyaena (Hyaena brunnea), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

Suzi Eszterhas / Brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) mother and cub at den, Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Botswana

Richard Du Toit / Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea) drinking at waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Brown hyaena (Hyaena brunnea) footprints in sand, Namib desert, Namibia.

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 / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) pick at an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana) while a spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) looks on, Laikipia Plateau, Kenya. The hyena is tinted a reddish-brown f...

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...