What is a scavenger?
Scavengers are animals that feed on the meat of dead animals (carrion). Many carnivores are scavengers. Scavengers are also predators.
Scavengers include vultures, hyenas, and jackals.
Spotted Hyena and African White-Backed Vulture
Lions, leopards, wolves, and wild dogs will scavenge sometimes, especially when live food is limited.
Other scavengers include beetles, blowflies, opossums, polecats, foxes, raccoons, and some birds, such as crows, and marabou.
Animals that feed on dead plants are also scavengers. They are herbivorous scavengers. Plant scavengers include termites.
Spotted Hyena and African White-Backed Vulture
Spotted Hyena, African White-Backed Vulture and Marabou
Spotted Hyena and African White-Backed Vulture
Spotted Hyena, African White-Backed Vulture and Lappet-Faced Vulture
Spotted Hyena, African White-Backed Vulture and Marabou
Black-Backed Jackal
Black-Backed Jackal
Black-Backed Jackal
Photographer: Martina Nicolls
Martina Nicolls: SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM