A confident young fox picked the wrong foe to steal his lunch from. The animal is pictured vying for a large deer bone as he crosses a frozen lake in Furen in Japan. While the fox appears to have some success fending off a flock of crows, when a pair of eagles turn up he soon finds out he has taken on more than he can handle. Scroll down for video . A bold red fox spots a deer bone on a frozen lake in Japan and begins to fight both a flock of crows and an eagle for the tasty lunch . The fox proudly holds the bone tight in its jaws as an eagle descends to challenge the animals over possession of the lunch . The large birds were photographed by Japanese businessman Sanin Alexander as they swooped down with their claws bared at the fox as he boldly grasps the bone in his jaws. At first the fox attempts to fight back, growling viciously at the advancing eagle. But as he is joined by a second the fox begins to lose the fight and realise he has possibly taken on more than he is capable of managing. The animal takes a tumble and lands on his head, losing the dispute over the bone. The Steller eagle advances, crowing at the fox as a warning to keep away from the bone, but the animal continues to keep trying . The result looks more desperate for the animal as a second eagle swoops in to challenge him over possession of the bone . The fox takes a tumble and appears to lose the fight for the bone as the two eagles circle him, eager to take back part of the deer carcass . Mr Alexander, of Nemuro in Japan, said: 'Two young Steller's sea eagles and a group of crows were quarrelling which a red fox had also noticed.' Steller sea eagles are large birds of prey which live in coastal areas of north eastern Asia. It usually preys on birds and fish but the deer bone would have been a particularly good catch for the two birds who are likely to have moved in land to feed. In winter the eagles, which are the heaviest in the world, will also frequent slaughterhouses to try and get hold of bits of offal. Both animals faced off to each other, with the small red fox growling viciously at the advancing Steller eagle, often found in Japan . In a contest that quickly turns to two, plus crows, against one, the fox is defeated and left to slink off in search of other discarded bones .
Red fox spots a deer bone among a group of black crows on a frozen lake in Furen in Japan and goes in to take it . But the animal is challenged by two advancing large eagles who surround him as he holds bone in his jaws . As the fox and eagles clash, it becomes clear the young fox is destined to lose the battle against his larger foes .