September 12, 2006—Leopards in South Africa's Kruger National Park and neighboring Mala Mala Game Reserve know that treetop dining has its advantages. Hauling a kill to the highest reaches means that no other predator can steal the meal.

But getting prey—which can be more than twice a leopard's body weight—into a tree is no easy task, especially if opportunistic hyenas are watching and waiting.

See a leopard and hyena become locked in a gruesome tug-of-war over a dead impala, and find out what happens when a passing female lion enters the fray.