The video shared on YouTube shows vultures swiping food from an eagle, but it was an old lion that had the last laugh.
A video of a food heist in the wild has been doing the rounds on the Internet and is eliciting responses from people. The video shows how vultures and a young lion swiped an eagle’s food, but the old lion ultimately feasted on it.

“Old lion steals from young lion that stole from vultures that stole from eagle,” reads the title of the video shared on the YouTube channel Latest Sightings. In the description of this video, the channel wrote, “This unsuspecting bateleur eagle thought it was so lucky to have an impala all to itself when he was suddenly disturbed by a group of vultures and 2 male lions!”
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The video opens to show a bateleur eagle feasting on an impala. As the video goes on, a group of vultures begins to circle above, ultimately swooping down to seize the impala from the eagle’s grasp. This heist is far from over as a lion appears out of nowhere and steals the food from vultures. The lion grabs the impala in its mouth and leaves the scene, only to lose its food to the old lion.
Watch the video shared on YouTube here:
The video was shared a day ago on YouTube. It has since been viewed over 31,000 times, and the numbers are still increasing. Many even took to the comments section of the post to share their thoughts.
Here’s how people reacted to this video:
“Surreal, a lot of stealing! Those animals are playing too much Grand Theft Auto (GTA),” posted an individual.
Another joked, “Inception of stealing.”
“Circle of life,” commented a third.
A fourth shared, “Hilarious. The food chain has gone bonkers.”
“A perfect cycle,” joined in a fifth.
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