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Lammergeier By: Unknown photographer From: The Grolier Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals 1994

Observed by pierrickferret, CC BY-NC

OMNOMNOMNOM I SURE LOVE HONEYCOMBS

On the edge of a Miocene South American grassland, a group of Thoatherium is ambushed by a Phorusrhacos. They scatter, but the terror bird catches one of the litopterns, lifts it high up into the air, and SLAMS it down on the ground to kill it. Other nearby animals have mixed feelings about this situation. Tupinambis flees for its life, while Dryornis flies a little closer in case it can have a bit for itself. Hapalops and Astrapotherium are unbothered and have business of their own to take care of.

[Image description: A stylized drawing of an American goshawk. Their eyes are red, their feathers are gray, their beak is mostly dark gray but yellow at the base & there are chamomile flowers on their back. They have a tender expression on their face, smiling with their beak parted. End of image description]

Philippine eagle By: Wolfgang A. Salb From: The Zoogoer 1994

Vulture chicks By: Jim Tuten From: Nature's Unlovables 1990

Hyenas, jackals, and vultures swarming a carcass By: Bob Campbell From: Wild, Wild World of Animals: Bears and Other Carnivores 1976