National Geographic’s Most Incredible Photos of 2016

The Hierarchy of Scavengers

This photo was originally published in “Vultures are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need To Save Them.” in January 2016.

Here you can see a young Rüppell’s vulture eating a piece of zebra in the Serengeti. Surrounding it is other vultures, some of which are more dominant and have already taken their fill of choice meat, leaving nothing but skin and bones for the others.

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