Northern giant petrels (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at Royal Harbor.

Northern giant petrels (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at Royal Harbor.

Northern giant petrels (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at Royal Harbor.

Northern giant petrels (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at Royal Harbor.

An adult brown skua (Catharacta antarctica) feeding on a dead elephant seal pup at St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia.

Northern giant petrels (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at Royal Harbor.

Northern giant petrels (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at Royal Harbor.

Northern giant petrels (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at Royal Harbor.

Dead southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup being eaten by an Antarctic skua on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. MORE INFO The southern elephant seal is not only the most massive pinniped but also the largest member of the order Carnivor

Two male lions (Panthera leo) feed on an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and a Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) feed on an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

A male lion (Panthera leo) feeds on an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Dead southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup being eaten by an Antarctic skua on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at Royal Harbor on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at Royal Harbor on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at Royal Harbor on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli) fighting over the scavenging rights to a dead elephant seal pup at Royal Harbor on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Lions (Panthera leo) on a captured elephant, Savuti, Chobe national park, Botswana, Africa

Male lion (Panthera leo) is eating a captured elephant, Savuti, Chobe national park, Botswana, Africa

A mature female lion by a dead elephant carcass, Okavango Delta, Botswana

A pride of lions resting after feeding on a dead elephant, Okavango Delta, Botswana

A group of female lions feeding on a dead elephant, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana

A dead elephant carcass lying in the bush

A group of female lions feeding on a dead elephant in a game reserve

Two spotted hyenas, Crocuta crocuta, stand together at an elephant carcass, Loxodonta africana, blood on chest, looking away, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

Adult lions feasting on a dead elephant carcass in a game reserve, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana

Two people in a jeep looking at a dead elephant carcass

Kruger National Park rangers cleaning in the river a tusk just extracted from the body of a naturally dead elephant (Loxodonta africana) in order to fight against poaching, Kruger NP, South Africa

Rangers of the Kruger National Park just extracted a tusk to the root for two hours from the body of a naturally dead elephant (Loxodonta africana) in order to fight against poaching, Kruger NP, South Africa

Kruger National Park ranger using an axe to extract a tusk from the body of a naturally dead elephant (Loxodonta africana) to combat poaching, Kruger NP, South Africa

Kruger National Park rangers carrying a tusk that has just been extracted to the root of the body of a naturally dead elephant (Loxodonta africana) in order to fight against poaching, Kruger NP, South Africa