Vulture interactions with Jackals

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11:42 PM - Aug 24#7
The day was the jackal's: Vulture loses out to wily rival as the animals tussle over a wildebeest leg
The vulture spotted the jackal carrying the wildebeest leg across the Masai Mara in Kenya when it decided to swoop
Amazingly, the jackal, who is far smaller than the vulture, decided to try and defend its carrion meal from the bird
The incredibly dramatic two-minute encounter was documented by German photographer Ingo Gerlach
She said: 'I love the special moments. Especially when you witness fighting and survival scenes like this'
By DARREN BOYLE FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 03:52 AEST, 30 January 2016 | UPDATED: 06:10 AEST, 30 January 2016

These are the dramatic scenes as a jackal and a vulture fight with each other for the rights to feast upon a wildebeest leg which had been left on Kenya's Masai Mara.
And unlike Fredrick Forsythe's thrilling novel, this time the jackal succeeds in his mission.
The jackal was carrying the wildebeest leg when the vulture swooped down, forcing it to drop the carrion.
During a tense standoff, the far larger vulture attempted to intimidate the smaller animal by extending its wings and attempting to tower over the jackal.

The two-minute-long fight was observed by German photographer Ingo Gerlach.
She said: 'The Jackal won and ran off with the bone. The vulture just looked like a sore loser. I love the special moments you experience when photographing animals. Especially when you witness fighting and survival scenes like this.'


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This is the amazing scene as a vulture swooped down from the sky in a bid to steal a wildebeest leg from a jackal in the Masai Mara, Kenya

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The jackal closed its eyes as the scavenging vulture closed in on the section of wildebeest leg


The jackal refuses to drop the wildebeest leg despite the intense level of intimidation displayed by the far larger vulture


The vulture, which is far larger than the jackal, attempted to intimidate the smaller animal by expanding its massive wings


Having being foiled with its first attempt to hijack the jackal's wildebeest leg, the vulture considers a different method of attack


Instead, the vulture decided to use its aerial advantage and in typical fashion launched its attack from behind


The jackal was forced to drop the wildebeest leg, left, as the vulture's large talons rapidly approached so it could defend itself


The jackal deftly turned around to defend the wildebeest leg from the far larger aggressor


The vulture again tried to buzz the jackal and force him away from the area allowing the bird to devour the wildebeest leg alone


The vulture manages to force the jackal away from the wildebeest leg, but the smaller animal still has no intention of giving up


Eventually the vulture decides that the jackal is a far too determined adversary and it should fly off to find some less well defended carrion



Photographer Ingo Gerlach said: 'The Jackal won and ran off with the bone. The vulture just looked like a sore loser. I love the special moments you experience when photographing animals. Especially when you witness fighting and survival scenes like this'.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3423049/The-day-jackal-Vulture-loses-wily-rival-animals-tussle-wildebeest-leg.html

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Jackal, vulture wrestling match in the Kgalagadi.

Posted on 8 September, 2015 by Guest Blogger in Animal Encounters — 8 Comments
Posted: September 8, 2015

Written by: Joanita Smit
We are frequent visitors to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and are often spoilt with amazing sightings of lions and leopards, but every now and then one comes across a sighting as great as this one!



We were staying at a campsite on the Botswana side of park and decided to visit a pan not too far from our camp. A few days prior we had seen brown hyena and vultures on a carcass near this particular pan. Today, however, everything seemed to have calmed down and there were a couple of remaining vultures as well as a jackal lying close by, who seemed to be keeping a keen eye on those vultures.
All of sudden, from out of nowhere, another black-backed jackal started chasing a white-backed vulture. The vulture, deciding that it had no time to take off (or perhaps it was too full from its meal) fought back. The jackal tried its best to get a good grip of the vulture by grabbing its neck and thrashing. Not holding back, the vulture clamped its fierce claws into the jackal and started biting the jackal.
Finally, the vulture got loose and tried to fly off again. As the vulture started to take-off, the jackal, in a leap of faith, jumped onto the vultures back, weighing the bird down. The jackal tried its luck, pulling the big bird down in a wrestling match but finally the jackal gave up.















The vulture retreated to the safety of the sky and the jackal trotted away in search for a new meal opportunity…

africageographic.com/blog/jackal-vulture-wrestling-match-in-the-kgalagadi/

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The cape griffon is surprisingly strong enough to carry the jackal briefly on its back.

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Pecking order: Jackal is nipped on the nose after trying to snatch hungry vulture's scrap of meat.

By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 12:37 PM on 21st May 2010


This jackal was reminded of his place in nature's pecking order when he got a nasty nip on the nose after trying to snatch a hungry vulture's scrap of meat.

The pair came to blows after setting their sights on the same tasty snack.

Although the meat was closely guarded by the bird the jackal thought he'd try his luck - but he obviously hadn't bargained for a fight.



Ouch that hurts! The vulture reminds the jackal of nature's pecking order by nipping him on the nose after the jackal tried to snatch a scrap of meat

Determined to hold on to his dinner, the feisty bird stood its ground as the hungry creature advanced on his meal.

And when the jackal finally plucked up the courage to pounce the vulture struck back with his beak.

These incredible pictures were snapped by husband and wife Lizet and Johann Grobbelaar at Giant's Castle Nature Reserve in the Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.

The bird-watching couple, from Pretoria, often travel there to photograph the large raptors, which gather there to feast on carcasses dumped by the reserve staff.
But, despite their frequent visits, this is the first time the delighted pair had witnessed such a fight between vulture and jackal.


Sizing it up: The jackal tries to sneak up on the vulture who stands protectively over the morsel of meat.


Squaring up: The bird of prey and the jackal try to intimidate each other, but the jackal is in for a nasty surprise when the vulture bites him on the nose

Mr Grobbelaar, 40, said: 'Interaction between jackals and the vultures have been witnessed by others but this was a first for us.
'We were anticipating that something was going to happen so the adrenalin was pumping.

'It all started when the jackal appeared over the ridge. The vulture immediately noticed it and seemed irritated and not intimidated at all.

'There was a small piece of meat to the right of the bird and it stood its ground.

'The jackal would slowly approach and then back off again repeatedly with the vulture just standing still.



You win! The jackal backs off from the vulture after getting more than he bargained for when he tried to steal the bird of prey's food
'Then, after about 10 minutes of this, the jackal decided it was then or never and approached right up to the bird.

'It lunged toward the vulture but the the bird replied by zapping it on the nose.

'The jackal immediately backed off. He tried again a little later but this time it gave up much sooner without any physical contact.

'It was very exciting. We were very surprised to see that the vulture actually got hold of the jackal's nose.'

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1280155/Pecking-order-Jackal-nipped-nose-trying-snatch-hungry-vultures-scrap-meat.html#ixzz1ChdLuH5y%5B/blockquote

carnivora.net/jackals-v-vultures-t5074.html#p89440

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