Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) hunting sandgrouse. It has caught a Burchell's sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli). This scavenger usually feeds on the carrion left after a larger predator has made a kill. It inhabits the grasslands,plains and south-western deserts of Africa. Its diverse diet includes small mammals,eggs,birds,insects,reptiles and some fruits. The black-backed jackal is a social animal and possesses superb vision. African tales ascribe fox-like cunning to this animal. Photographed in the Northern Cape,South Africa,in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Chadwick, Peter |
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