Swooping down: The vultures join the jackal to scrap over a carcass left out on the mountain in Drakensberg, South Africa

Nasty peck: The vulture goes at the jackal with its sharp beak near a hut where visitors could birdwatch in the nature reserve

Nip on the ankle: The jackal will not give up the fight for the meat-covered bones after he got there first

Making its escape: The vulture begins to fly away realising the jackal was going to continue fighting hard for its food

Parting shot: The animals have one last tussle before the vulture flies off in failure

Jackals win: Eventually the jackals managed to see off the vulture who flew off to rejoin its fellow birds

The claws are out: The jackals launch at each other, carrying on fighting after vultures had left