Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus), at the carcass of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), female with calf crossing a stream in the Savuti marsh, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus) at the carcass of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), two bulls on the left and one cow swimming through the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) and Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) at the carcass of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), bull with both a Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) on the left and a Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), close-up of a bull, Okavango Delta, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana, Africa

Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) and Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus), at the carcass of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), bull with Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus), the oxpeckers are associated with large mammals and peck ticks and other parasites from their skin, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas), at the carcass of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), in the background some White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas), at the carcass of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), in the background some White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas), at the carcass of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), in the background some White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), bull has been enjoying a mud bath, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa