I found this posted on alt.callahans by Gabriel Knight (aka John Blair).

A lion was prancing through the jungle one day, roaring at the top of his voice for all to hear, “I am king of the jungle, for my mighty strength and great prowess strike fear into all other creatures!”

An eagle lands on a nearby tree branch and says, “Not so fast, Leo, buddy!” “For it is I who am the rightful king of the jungle, as my wings enable me to attack from above, and my beak and talons rip my victims to shreds!”

Whereupon, a skunk walks calmly out of the trees. Approaching the ferocious feline and the fearful flighted one, he meekly says, “You’re BOTH wrong! Needing neither fight nor flight, I disable my would-be opponents most skillfully! Wanna sniff?”

And the three animals busily engaged in a heated argument over who was the rightful king of the jungle. While they were arguing, oblivious to their surroundings, a huge grizzly bear walked up and eats them all — hawk, lion, and stinker.