Best videos of 2011: Animals feast on dead elephant

Caitlin Stier, video intern

Our fourth place video reveals the afterlife of an elephant carcass.

A feast for the savannah, this elephant's death nourishes a range of animals. The time-lapse reveals how hyenas, cheetahs, birds, and insects reduce the massive creature to bones within the course of a week. In addition to documenting the decomposition process in the wild, the footage also revealed disturbing imbalances in the food chain.

To find out more, read our original post, Time-lapse Tuesday: Wild animals devour elephant.

For more videos of voracious animals, check out how a snail can engulf a crab or see beetles devour a dead rat.

Source: http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/1b5c5f50/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Cblogs0Cnstv0C20A110C120Cbest0Evideos0Eof0E20A110Eelephant0Ecarcass0Edecays0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm

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