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English: Scavenging occurs in virtually all food-webs and habitats.

(A) a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) eating flesh from a narwhal whale carcass (Monodon monoceros) (Photo: Jeff W. Higdon/DFO); (B) an Ibiza wall lizard (Podarcis pityusensis) scavenging on fish scraps leftover from another predator (Photo: Nate Dappen/Day’s Edge Productions); (C) a black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) scavenges on a zebra (Equus quagga) kill (Photo: Chris Fallows); (D) lappet faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) and white backed vultures (Gyps africanus) scavenge on an elephant kill (Photo: Chris Fallows); (E) A spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) removes flesh from a long-dead ungulate (Photo: Chris Fallows); (F) red weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) gathering to feed on a dead African giant snail (Achatina fulica) (Photo:Narasha Mharte).

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060797.g001
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Source Fallows C, Gallagher AJ, Hammerschlag N (2013) White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) Scavenging on Whales and Its Potential Role in Further Shaping the Ecology of an Apex Predator. PLoS ONE 8(4): e60797. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060797
Author Fallows C, Gallagher AJ, Hammerschlag N (2013)
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