John Perkins

And in Iraq we tried to implement the same policy that was so successful in Saudi Arabia, but Saddam Hussein didn't buy. When the economic hit men fail in this scenario, the next step is what we call the jackals.

Economist

John Kani

I used to wonder, when my grandmother would tell me what the wolf said to the jackal, how these animals can talk. And, she would say, 'in my stories, animals talk. Shut up and listen.

South African Actor

Steven Bochco

When it is perceived that a show has gone awry, the pressure is staggering, and as a writer caught in that storm, it feels like you are being attacked by jackals.

American Producer

Ernest Hemingway

Personal columnists are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat - no matter who killed the meat for him.

American Novelist

Herman Melville

Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.

Often used in stories to represent cunning or opportunistic characters.

Animal Metaphor

Refers to someone or something that is highly adaptable like the golden jackal.

Adaptability

Can imply scavenging behavior, not just being agile and smart.

Negative Connotation

Used to describe someone who assists in unethical actions.

Dishonest Helper

Can imply the person is powerless or lacks influence.

Powerlessness

Indicates work done without proper recognition or reward.

Unrewarded Work

 They don't need to, because so many of these farms are connected that they've made reforested wildlife corridors, that the wolves are coming back, in this case, to Spain. They've gotten all the way to the Netherlands. There's bears coming back. There's lynx coming back. There's the European jackal. I had no idea such a thing existed.

Mammoths resurrected and...

 black-backed jackals they were playing a game with like tag in the tall grass the early light is golden the air is cool and the birds are singing and swooping over the grass as they hunt insects it's all pretty much a standard morning in the serengeti ecosystem home to some of the most iconic wildlife on earth

Kenya’s Wildlife...

 that's exposed and it just really does sandblast you as you're crawling in it fills your ears even trying to breathe you inhale and you get a mouthful of sound and nose full of sand yeah it's horrible and the seals and the jackals they're just dealing with this pretty much every day that's what life's

Filming A Battle Of Life...

 jackals looking for an easy meal here's a fur seal pup trying to defend itself against a hungry jackal but jackals are not the only ones I want to take advantage of the seals this is a very rare image of a very rare animal very

Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...

 bit of defense there though against those black-backed jackals they were actually kind of helped us find the cheetah even even still just finding cheetahs is is just great jeez I've been lucky there's a drive completely lucky

Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...

 highly motivated animal trying and failing to figure out this culinary conundrum it's just a little too big a little too slippery a little too everything for the jackal there's three pounds of food in there and it's gonna

Jackal vs. Ostrich Egg...

 motivated animal trying failing to figure out this culinary conundrum it's just a little too big a little too slippery a little too everything for the jackal there's three pounds of food in there

 that's after me saying I've only seen jackal once and Bobby but I'm afraid I think he has just disappeared through the bush maybe you'll come out to the woods the watering hole maybe

Safari Live - Day 7 PIPE...

 egg and a hungry jackal means to make a meal out of it what we've got here is a highly motivated animal trying and failing to figure out this culinary conundrum it's

Jackal vs. Ostrich Eggs...

 more often where things like hyenas and jackals are hunted by humans and there aren't any left to help the vultures get a carcass open