A daring bearded vulture took on a jackal as they scrapped over a carcass in South Africa, but eventually the peckish vulture and its friends had to leave empty handed.

The Black-backed Jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) is a species of canid native to Eastern and Southern Africa. They are very opportunistic and are often compared to as an Old World equivalent to the coyote of North America, for their cleverness and adaptive behavior. They are often seen hanging around the super predators of the savanna, such as lions, spotted hyenas, cheetahs, African wild dogs, and African leopards, trying to scavenge or steal scraps from their kills, much to their annoyance. Howev