garbage collector

Poor Table Manners

This bad-tempered fella would have preferred to dine alone on the Serengeti. Unfortunately, he couldn't drive everybody off at the same time. As soon has he chased off one friend, another moved in for a bite.

We watched, amused, as this greedy game of "get your head out of my cape buffalo" went on and on.

Rüppell's Vulture (Gyps rueppelli) is an efficient garbage collector of East Africa. While preferring fresh kills, this scavenger will fuss over rotting ones too.

Yuck.