Red kite (Milvus milvus) flying wings out-stretched low over farmland searching for food, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Red kite (Milvus milvus) in flight low above a snow covered field hunting for food, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Reconstruction of buildings, Los Millares prehistoric Chalcolithic settlement archaelogical site, Almeria, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Cape gull (Larus vetula) with African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) egg, Boulders Beach, Simons Town, South Africa, Africa

Black-eyed bulbul (dark-capped bulbu) (Pycnonotus barbatus or tricolor), Hluhluwe Game Reserve, South Africa, Africa

Several species of gull feeding on small baitfish in Snow Pass, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America

Northern (Steller) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) bull feeding on fisherman's scraps near Petersburg, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Northern (Steller) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) fishing on the flood tide in Inian Pass, Southeastern Alaska, United States of America

Northern (Steller) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) close-up eating a halibut in Southeastern Alaska, United States of America

Northern (Steller) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) close-up eating a halibut in Southeastern Alaska, United States of America

Adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) with dead salmon in Inian Pass, Southeast Alaska, United States of America

Pygmy man going net hunting, Dzanga Sangha National Park, UNESCO, Central African Republic

Adult brown bears (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bears (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bears (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bears (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bears (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Young brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with a freshly killed ringed seal, PUnited States of America hispida, in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) scavenging a fresh bearded seal kill recently vacated by old male that killed the seal, Svalbard, Norway

A well-scarred old male polar bear (Ursus maritimus), on a fresh bearded seal kill near Monacobreen Glacier, Svalbard, Norway

A young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) scavenging a fresh bearded seal kill recently vacated by old male that killed the seal, Svalbard, Norway

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus), feeding side-by-side on a fresh bearded seal kill on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus), feeding side-by-side on a fresh bearded seal kill on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus), feeding side-by-side on a fresh bearded seal kill on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus), feeding side-by-side on a fresh bearded seal kill on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

A young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) scavenging a fresh bearded seal kill recently vacated by old male that killed the seal, Svalbard, Norway

A mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), and cub of the year feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), and cub of the year feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and cub-of-the-year disputing then allowing a male bear to feed on a fin whale, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) drawn to a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Two mother polar bears (Ursus maritimus) with cubs of the year watch a male bear feeding on a fin whale carcass in Svalbard, Norway

Young male polar bear (Ursus maritimus), shaking its fur, feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in Svalbard, Norway

A mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), with cub of the year feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta, Svalbard, Norway

Lion (Panthera leo) chasing crocadile away, on buffalo kill, Chobe National Park, Botswana

Gull feeding frenzy on baitball off Fugloy Island in the Faroe Islands, Denmark

Gull feeding frenzy on baitball off Fugloy Island in the Faroe Islands, Denmark

Gull feeding frenzy on baitball off Fugloy Island in the Faroe Islands, Denmark

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

Broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus) small raptor, common in the Americas as far south as Brazil, Playa Garza, Nosara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

An adult Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra), hunting for prey on Montgomery Reef, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Northern (Steller) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) close-up eating a halibut in Southeastern Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States of America

A young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) scavenging a fresh bearded seal kill recently vacated by old male that killed the seal, Svalbard, Norway

Young polar bear (Ursus maritimus), feeding on a fresh bearded seal kill near Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Young male polar bear (Ursus maritimus), feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

An adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) guarding a caribou kill in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Smoked Snakes for sales on a Market, Mbandaka, Equateur province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa

Adult great skua (Stercorarius skua) with recent kill in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

Kitchen utensils display, weekly Berber market, Khenifra province, Middle Atlas, Morocco

Adult Patagonian crested ducks (Lophonetta specularioides specularioides) feeding at low tide on Carcass Island, Falkland Islands

An old, emaciated adult male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) desperately searching for food in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

Two lion (Panthera leo) at a blue wildebeest kill, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Silverbird (Empidornis semipartitus) with inchworm, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor), Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) feeding in Lake Nakuru, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

The idea of the interconnectedness of all things is central to the tribal way of looking at the world. practical knowledge of the environment, of crops and medicines, of hunting and fishing, is a byproduct of it. the makuna believe that human beings, animals, and all of nature are parts of the same one. animals and fish live in their own communities, which are just like human communities, with their chiefs, their shamans, their dance houses, their songs, and their material possessions. when human peoples dance in this world, the shaman invites the animal people to dance in theirs. if humans do not dance and shamans do not offer spirit food to the animal people, the animals will die out and there will be no more game left in the world. for the makuna the radical disjunction so characteristic of western thought between nature and culture, men and animals, dissolves. eastern colombia amazon, vaupes region, population: 600

Garden orb spider (araneus diadematus) in its web, with captured fly, wrapping it up in silk from its spinnerettes, oxfordshire, uk

Brown bear, alaska. Brooks falls. Ursus arctos. Bear catching leaping sockeye salmon during the summer at a waterfall

Juvenile great frigate birds (Fregata minor) vie for food on nesting and breeding site on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean

The actual moment of take for a group of five transient Orca (Orcinus orca) that chased, killed, and then ate a single female Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) in Icy Strait, Alaska, USA

The actual moment of take for a group of five transient Orca (Orcinus orca) that chased, killed, and then ate a single female Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) in Icy Strait, Alaska, USA

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) hunting in field on a brown field site with vole in beak. Herons are prolific hunters and not only hunt for fish in marine environments but hunt for voles in meadows.. Glasgow, Scotland

Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis). Playing with fish. Bimini, Bahamas.

A young coastal brown bear (Ursus arctos horibilis) in an unusual position while fishing for pink slamon in a shallow stream on Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, USA.

Coastal brown bear (Ursus arctos horibilis) scavenging for spent pink slamon in a shallow stream on Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, USA.

Adult coastal brown bear (Ursus arctos horibilis) fishing for pink slamon in a shallow stream on Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, USA.

Young coastal brown bear (Ursus arctos horibilis) fishing for pink slamon in a shallow stream on Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, USA.

Coastal brown bear (Ursus arctos horibilis) mother and cub fishing for pink slamon in a shallow stream on Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, USA.

An adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) among the icebergs at Cierva Point on the Danco Coast, Antarctica

Adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) cooperatively bubble-net feeding in Freshwater Bay on Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska, USA

A young Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) breaches with a captured fish in it's mouth from the Moray Firth, Scotland.

Adult coastal brown bear (Ursus arctos horibilis) fishing for pink slamon in a shallow stream on Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, USA.

Adult coastal brown bear (Ursus arctos horibilis) fishing for pink slamon in a shallow stream on Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, USA.

Osprey hunting. Biosphere Reserve for Osprey nest site. San Ignacio, Baja, Mexico.

Adult coastal brown bear (Ursus arctos horibilis) fishing for pink slamon in a shallow stream on Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, USA.

Coyote ( Canis latrans ) tracking sniffing hunting for prey food in Death Valley National Park California USA

Atlantic Sailfish hunting Sardines, Istiophorus albicans, Isla Mujeres, Yucatan Peninsula, Caribbean Sea, Mexico

Cougar or Puma (Puma concolor, Felis concolor), adult, searching for food in the snow, Montana, USA

Cougar or Puma (Puma concolor, Felis concolor), adult, hunting in the snow, Montana, USA

Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus), young sitting on the mother's back, foraging in dry grass, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis), catches prey with its tongue, Namib Desert near Swakopmund, Namibia, Africa

Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis), adult, male, on Saguaro cactus flower, foraging, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, North America, USA, North America

Cape Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra zebra), adult, foraging, Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) with fish as prey, Naarden, Netherlands

Fish hawk (Busarellus nigricollis), approaching prey, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Fish hawk (Busarellus nigricollis), approaching prey, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Fish hawk (Busarellus nigricollis), approaching prey, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Warthog, (Phacochoerus aethiopicus), with red beak Oxpecker, (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), adult, running, foraging, alert, Kruger National Park, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

South African ostrich (Struthio camelus australis), common ostrich, adult, female, running, foraging, Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Common kingfishers (Alcedo atthis), mating feeding, male hands over captured fish to female, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), animal portrait, with pygmy catfish as prey, fishing, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary, Europe

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with winter fur, running, Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus), hunting, running, social behaviour, Sabi Sand Game Reserve, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa