Carcass Photos

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Carcasses of dead sockeye salmon, line the edge of the Adams River. These salmon have already completed their spawning and have died, while other salmon are still swimming upstream and have yet to lay their eggs, Oncorhynchus nerka, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
Carcasses of dead sockeye salmon, line the edge of the Adams River. These salmon have already completed their spawning and have died, while other salmon are still swimming upstream and have yet to lay their eggs.
Species: Sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka
Location: Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 26154  
Booby Bird Carcass on Barren Coral Rubble Beach, Clipperton Island
Booby Bird Carcass on Barren Coral Rubble Beach, Clipperton Island.
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33095  
Booby Bird Carcass on Barren Coral Rubble Beach, Clipperton Island
Booby Bird Carcass on Barren Coral Rubble Beach, Clipperton Island.
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 33079  
Hyena consuming wildebeest carcass, Kenya, They hyena has strong jaws that allow it to break carcass bones and eat the marrow within, Crocuta crocuta, Olare Orok Conservancy
Hyena consuming wildebeest carcass, Kenya, They hyena has strong jaws that allow it to break carcass bones and eat the marrow within.
Species: Spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta
Location: Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya
Image ID: 29997  
Magellanic penguins walk through tussock grass, on their way to their burrows after foraging at sea all day, Spheniscus magellanicus, Carcass Island
Magellanic penguins walk through tussock grass, on their way to their burrows after foraging at sea all day.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24000  
Upland goose, male, beside pond in the interior of Carcass Island near Leopard Beach, Chloephaga picta
Upland goose, male, beside pond in the interior of Carcass Island near Leopard Beach.
Species: Upland goose, Chloephaga picta
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24011  
Gentoo penguin. Gentoo penguins reach 36" in height and weigh up to 20 lbs. They are the fastest swimming species of penguing, feeding in marine crustaceans and fishes, Pygoscelis papua, Carcass Island
Gentoo penguin. Gentoo penguins reach 36" in height and weigh up to 20 lbs. They are the fastest swimming species of penguing, feeding in marine crustaceans and fishes.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23963  
Magellanic penguin, at its burrow in short grass, in the interior of Carcass Island, Spheniscus magellanicus
Magellanic penguin, at its burrow in short grass, in the interior of Carcass Island.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23964  
Gentoo penguins walk through tussock grass. After foraging in the ocean for food, the penguins make their way to the interior of the island to rest at their colony, Pygoscelis papua, Carcass Island
Gentoo penguins walk through tussock grass. After foraging in the ocean for food, the penguins make their way to the interior of the island to rest at their colony.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23970  
Gentoo penguin, vocalizing, atop of hill of tall tussock grass, Pygoscelis papua, Carcass Island
Gentoo penguin, vocalizing, atop of hill of tall tussock grass.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23983  
Magellanic penguins, at their burrow in short grass, in the interior of Carcass Island, Spheniscus magellanicus
Magellanic penguins, at their burrow in short grass, in the interior of Carcass Island.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24063  
Gentoo penguin defends its dead chick (right), from the striated caracara (left) that has just killed it. The penguin continued to defend its lifeless chick for hours, in spite of the futility and inevitability of the final result. Striated caracaras eventually took possession of the dead chick and fed upon it, Phalcoboenus australis, Pygoscelis papua, Steeple Jason Island
Gentoo penguin defends its dead chick (right), from the striated caracara (left) that has just killed it. The penguin continued to defend its lifeless chick for hours, in spite of the futility and inevitability of the final result. Striated caracaras eventually took possession of the dead chick and fed upon it.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Striated caracara, Phalcoboenus australis, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24075  
Visitors watch gentoo and Magellanic penguins on beautiful Leopard Beach, coming ashore after they have foraged at sea, Spheniscus magellanicus, Carcass Island
Visitors watch gentoo and Magellanic penguins on beautiful Leopard Beach, coming ashore after they have foraged at sea.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23973  
Beautiful white sand beach, on the southern tip of Carcass Island, with gentoo and Magellanic penguins coming and going to sea, Spheniscus magellanicus
Beautiful white sand beach, on the southern tip of Carcass Island, with gentoo and Magellanic penguins coming and going to sea.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23985  
Beautiful white sand beach, on the southern tip of Carcass Island, with gentoo and Magellanic penguins coming and going to sea, Spheniscus magellanicus
Beautiful white sand beach, on the southern tip of Carcass Island, with gentoo and Magellanic penguins coming and going to sea.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24010  
Northern giant petrel scavenging a fur seal carcass. Giant petrels will often feed on carrion, defending it in a territorial manner from other petrels and carrion feeders, Macronectes halli, Right Whale Bay
Northern giant petrel scavenging a fur seal carcass. Giant petrels will often feed on carrion, defending it in a territorial manner from other petrels and carrion feeders.
Species: Northern giant petrel, Macronectes halli
Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 23683  
Gentoo penguin, returning from the sea after foraging for crustaceans, krill and fish, Pygoscelis papua, Carcass Island
Gentoo penguin, returning from the sea after foraging for crustaceans, krill and fish.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23968  
Magellanic penguin, juvenile, coming ashore on a sand beach after foraging at sea, Spheniscus magellanicus, Carcass Island
Magellanic penguin, juvenile, coming ashore on a sand beach after foraging at sea.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23969  
Kelp goose, male with chick, Chloephaga hybrida, Carcass Island
Kelp goose, male with chick.
Species: Kelp goose, Chloephaga hybrida
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24056  
Antarctic fur seal carcass, lying on pebble beach. Dead fur seals are quickly scavenged by giant petrels, leaving the pelt and skeleton of the dead fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella, Right Whale Bay
Antarctic fur seal carcass, lying on pebble beach. Dead fur seals are quickly scavenged by giant petrels, leaving the pelt and skeleton of the dead fur seal.
Species: Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella
Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24327  
Antarctic fur seal carcass, lying on pebble beach. Dead fur seals are quickly scavenged by giant petrels, leaving the pelt and skeleton of the dead fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella, Right Whale Bay
Antarctic fur seal carcass, lying on pebble beach. Dead fur seals are quickly scavenged by giant petrels, leaving the pelt and skeleton of the dead fur seal.
Species: Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella
Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24353  
Ponds and grasses, in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay
Ponds and grasses, in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay.
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24027  
Visitors walk across Carcass Island, named for the HMS Carcass which surveyed the island in 1766
Visitors walk across Carcass Island, named for the HMS Carcass which surveyed the island in 1766.
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24069  
Antarctic fur seal carcass and skeletal remains of giant petrel, lying on pebble beach. Dead fur seals are quickly scavenged by giant petrels, leaving the pelt and skeleton of the dead fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella, Right Whale Bay
Antarctic fur seal carcass and skeletal remains of giant petrel, lying on pebble beach. Dead fur seals are quickly scavenged by giant petrels, leaving the pelt and skeleton of the dead fur seal.
Species: Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella
Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24331  
Magellanic penguins walk through tussock grass. After foraging in the ocean for food, the penguins make their way to the interior of the island to rest at their colony, Pygoscelis papua, Carcass Island
Magellanic penguins walk through tussock grass. After foraging in the ocean for food, the penguins make their way to the interior of the island to rest at their colony.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23972  
Flightless steamer duck, male, with ducklings, swimming in the ocean, Tachyeres brachypterus, Carcass Island
Flightless steamer duck, male, with ducklings, swimming in the ocean.
Species: Flightless steamer duck, Tachyeres brachypterus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23974  
Upland goose, male (white) and female, beside pond in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay, Chloephaga picta
Upland goose, male (white) and female, beside pond in the interior of Carcass Island near Dyke Bay.
Species: Upland goose, Chloephaga picta
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23976  
Mixed group of Magellanic and gentoo penguins, walk from the ocean through tall tussock grass to the interior of Carcass Island, Pygoscelis papua, Spheniscus magellanicus
Mixed group of Magellanic and gentoo penguins, walk from the ocean through tall tussock grass to the interior of Carcass Island.
Species: Gentoo penguin, Magellanic penguin, Pygoscelis papua, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23981  
Kelp goose, male, Chloephaga hybrida, Carcass Island
Kelp goose, male.
Species: Kelp goose, Chloephaga hybrida
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23984  
Magellanic penguin, at its burrow in short grass, in the interior of Carcass Island, Spheniscus magellanicus
Magellanic penguin, at its burrow in short grass, in the interior of Carcass Island.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23986  
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