In the fight for food to survive, many animals are willing to bet their own lives to gain an advantage.

The Nile monitor is an animal that is relatively familiar to reptile hobbyists because of its beauty but is extremely ferocious and large.

They are large members of the Varanidae family, found in most of sub-Saharan Africa and along the Nile River. This species is very popular with reptile lovers because of its swimming and climbing abilities and its sheer beauty.

The Nile lizard has a muscular body, strong legs and powerful jaws with teeth that are very sharp when immature and become dull as they get older. They are mainly solitary creatures, roaming and foraging alone, except during mating.

This lizard has an extremely voracious appetite. In the wild they eat a wide variety of prey including fish, eggs, insects, rodents, birds and even other reptiles such as snakes. The greedy nature causes the Nile lizard to encounter many troubles due to battles.

Nicola Marneweck, a student at the University of Pretoria, during her field trip accidentally encountered a battle between two extremely greedy creatures in Africa.

Clip source: Latest SightingsThat day, while driving to enjoy the beautiful sunset in the desert, a group of tourists suddenly saw the corpse of a zebra lying there, without any trace of a hunt.

Guessing that such a delicious bait would attract something, Nicola invited his friends to come back the next day to check.

As expected, a hyena appeared. At this time, the zebra’s body was relatively “less”, only the skeleton and some remaining meat remained.

In this windy and sandy land, hyenas are still famous scavengers. With its strength, endurance and natural constitution, there is no meal that a hyena cannot eat.

But, there is no such thing as a free meal that is easy to swallow. “Out of the air”, a Nile lizard lumbered forward.

To the surprise of everyone who witnessed it (including the hyena), the lizard walked up to the hyena and began to threaten. Of course, hyenas are not animals with a sharing heart.

After regaining his composure, the hyena began to drag the piece of meat away. Seeing that the opponent was about to “eat pieces”, the lizard decided to switch to option 2, fighting.

A funny situation happened, the difference in body shape made it impossible for the lizards to bite the hyenas, so they could only use their tails to “slap” their opponents in the face. When the hyena’s endurance reached its peak, the angry hyena dragged the meal far away, causing the lizard to give up.