From Old Friends and New Fables by Alice Talwin Morris and illustrated by Carton Moorpark, 1916.

Here's today's winking jackal.  From My Do and Learn Book to Accompany Roads to Everywhere, 1961.

From The Progressive Road to Reading, Book Two, 1912.

From The Progressive Road to Reading, Book Two, 1912.

From The Progressive Road to Reading, Book Two, 1912.

From The Gift of the River by Enid LaMonte Meadowcroft and illustrated by Katherine Dewey, 1937.

From The Progressive Road to Reading, Book Two, 1912.

From The Progressive Road to Reading, Book Two, 1912.

Today's jackal eating a crab.  From The Progressive Road to Reading, Book Two, 1912.

From The Progressive Road to Reading, Book Two, 1912.

From The Man Elephant, A Book of African Fairy Tales, edited by Hartwell James and illustrated by John R Neill, 1906.

From Tales of Tricksters by Pleasant DeSpain.

From The Man Elephant, A Book of African Fairy Tales, edited by Hartwell James and illustrated by John R Neill, 1906.

From All About Animals: Facts, Stories and Anecdotes, 1900.

From The Man Elephant, A Book of African Fairy Tales, edited by Hartwell James and illustrated by John R Neill, 1906.

From The Man Elephant, A Book of African Fairy Tales, edited by Hartwell James and illustrated by John R Neill, 1906.

A hyena watches a jackal eating a cloud.  From The Alo Man, Stories of the Congo by Mara Pratt-Chadwick and illustrated by Rollin Crampton, 1921.

From The Family Howl by Betty Dinneen.

Some of the very best photographs of wild animals are selfies.  "Jackal takes own picture."  From Popular Mechanics, 1931.