Hyenas run off with young Thomson's gazelle, in Masai Mara, Kenya, August 2015. A photographer captured one of the oldest rivalries in the animal kingdom as a pair of lions went head to head with a pack of hungry hyenas. Snapped in the heart of the Masai Mara, south Kenya, the pictures give an insight into the day-to-day battles between Africa’s most deadly predators. German photographer Ingo Gerlach took the powerful images while on safari in the iconic game reserve in August 2015, witnessing first hand the good and bad side of nature. (Photo by Ingo Gerlach/Barcroft Images)





Hyena and lioness face-off with one another ,in Masai Mara, Kenya, August 2015. (Photo by Ingo Gerlach/Barcroft Images)





Hyena with a dead Thomson's gazelle in its mouth, in Masai Mara, Kenya, August 2015. (Photo by Ingo Gerlach/Barcroft Images)





Lion fends off hyena trying to steal zebra kill, in Masai Mara, Kenya, August 2015. (Photo by Ingo Gerlach/Barcroft Images)





Male lion walks past pair of hyenas, in Masai Mara, Kenya, August 2015. (Photo by Ingo Gerlach/Barcroft Images)





Hungry hyenas run off with Thomson's gazelle, in Masai Mara, Kenya, August 2015. (Photo by Ingo Gerlach/Barcroft Images)





Hyena with young cub, in Masai Mara, Kenya, August 2015. (Photo by Ingo Gerlach/Barcroft Images)





Adult hyena with young Thomson's gazelle in its mouth, in Masai Mara, Kenya, August 2015. (Photo by Ingo Gerlach/Barcroft Images)





Lioness and hyena posture to one another, in Masai Mara, Kenya, August 2015. (Photo by Ingo Gerlach/Barcroft Images)