Dog eat dog world! Incredible footage shows hyenas steal TWO potential dinners from African wild dogs as they compete for the same kill
Brutal footage shows a pack of hyenas steal two potential dinners from a rival group of African wild dogs.
The footage was captured at South Africa’s Kruger National Park, and shows the dogs trying to surround a lechwe at a waterhole.
It wards them off nobly – charging them with its horns – for quite some time and appears as though he may live to fight another day.
A pack of African wild dogs surround a lechwe at South Africa’s Kruger National Park
At one point, the antelope manages to throw four of them off, as it desperately clings to live from the dogs, which have a predominantly black and golden coats, and white on the ends of their tails.
But suddenly, the larger, spotted hyenas appear on the scene and it becomes a question of which predators will take down the kill first, not if it will survive.
The lechwe still puts up a valiant fight, but one of the hyenas latches onto its rear, and a melee around the carcass ensues.
It wards them off nobly – charging them with its horns – for quite some time and appears as though he may live to fight another day
But then a pack of hyenas arrive and take the antelope down, as one of the predators latches onto its rear
A separate clip taken later on shows the African wild dogs feasting on an impala that they have successfully taken down.
But, clearly not satisfied from their earlier lechwe, the same hyena pack stumble across an opportunity for some free seconds.
They charge at the dogs, sending them scattering and picking up the pieces for themselves.
A separate clip taken later on shows the African wild dogs feasting on an impala that they have successfully taken down
But, clearly not satisfied from their earlier lechwe, the same hyena pack stumble across an opportunity for some free seconds. They charge at the dogs, sending them scattering and picking up the pieces for themselves.