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Nothing to see here... Just a weasel getting a piggy-back ride off a flying woodpecker!

An amateur UK-based photographer has captured the extraordinary picture of a weasel riding on the...
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15.08 3 Mar 2015


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Nothing to see here... Just a...

Nothing to see here... Just a weasel getting a piggy-back ride off a flying woodpecker!

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15.08 3 Mar 2015


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An amateur UK-based photographer has captured the extraordinary picture of a weasel riding on the back of a woodpecker as it flies through the air.

Martin Le-May managed to record the image while he was out walking in east London on Monday afternoon.

Speaking to BBC News, Mr Le-May described how he "heard a distressed squawking noise and feared the worst."

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"I soon realised it was a woodpecker with some kind of small mammal on its back.

"I think we may have distracted the weasel as when the woodpecker landed it managed to escape and the weasel ran into the grass."

Mr Le-Mat has been shocked by the reaction to the image on social media after it has been shared internationally in the past 24 hours.

Wildlife expert Lucy Cooke also told the BBC that "this is a truly extraordinary image", considering the weasel is "as ferocious as a lion".

H/T: Simon Adams


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