Ann & Steve Toon / Blackbacked jackal (Canis mesomelas) howling, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) perched in tree with Blackbacked Jackal (Canis mesomelas) prey, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Blackbacked jackal (Canis mesomelas) and Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) drinking, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Blackbacked Jackals (Canis mesomelas) fighting at waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, February.

Georgette Douwma / Blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus) Egypt, Red Sea.

Ann & Steve Toon / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) footprints, Dead Vlei, Namib Desert, Namibia, April

Ann & Steve Toon / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) footprints, Dead Vlei, Namib Desert, Namibia, April

Richard Du Toit / Black backed jackal portrait in grass {Canis mesomelas} Savute-Chobe NP, Botswana

Richard Du Toit / Two Blackbacked jackals (Canis mesomelas) staring at each other, Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Blackbacked jackal (Canis mesomelas) eating carrion, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Blackbacked jackal (Canis mesomelas), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.