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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts) Tue Mar 3, 2015, 11:30 PM Mar 2015

Incredible photo shows a weasel riding a woodpecker

http://www.sfgate.com/news/strange-weird/article/Incredible-photo-shows-a-weasel-riding-a-6112140.php

Run for your lives: The mighty weaselpecker has arrived

Amateur photographer Martin Le-May captured this incredible photo of a weasel riding on the back of a green woodpecker in London.

This is no case of a cute interspecies friendship. That weasel is trying to kill the bird. Le-May told the BBC he heard a “distressed squawking noise” and spotted the midair battle. The woodpecker escaped after a hard landing, and the weasel ran off.

Experts said they believe the photo is real. “Weasels are fearless,” wildlife expert Lucy Cooke told the news channel. She said the vicious mammals often attack rabbits much bigger than themselves, and it’s not shocking a weasel would go after a bird if given the chance.

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Incredible photo shows a weasel riding a woodpecker (Original Post) Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 OP

Wait. What? Either that's an unusually small weasel or an incredibly large woodpecker. scarletwoman Mar 2015 #1

its a baby weasel trying to kill the woodpecker roguevalley Mar 2015 #17

According to this person, the Least Weasel may only the same as a Mars bar. progressoid Mar 2015 #19

Inevitable. Denzil_DC Mar 2015 #2

LOL! Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #9

OMFG! MissB Mar 2015 #10

LMAO! Rex Mar 2015 #11

!!! NuclearDem Mar 2015 #22

Hilarious #WeaselPecker Memes Take Over The Internet Electric Monk Mar 2015 #3

OMG! blue neen Mar 2015 #4

Damn! Perfect! R&K nt longship Mar 2015 #5

they all look so real ... sunnystarr Mar 2015 #6

YOUUUUU SHALL NOTTTTT PECK NuclearDem Mar 2015 #23

I laughed out loud! Phentex Mar 2015 #25

Oh. I thought this would be a photo... DreamGypsy Mar 2015 #7

Oh snap! blue neen Mar 2015 #8

I don't think an animal being attacked is funny. dolphinsandtuna Mar 2015 #12

How do you feel about fishing? Rex Mar 2015 #15

same way dolphinsandtuna Mar 2015 #21

Well it is nature in the raw, as it were. Maynar Mar 2015 #16

Oh FFS. Warren DeMontague Mar 2015 #18

That's inconceivable! Rex Mar 2015 #13

I wet mah leg at this here thread! Maynar Mar 2015 #14

What is the air speed velocity of a laden woodpecker? betsuni Mar 2015 #20

Totally Tweet-able yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #24

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)

1. Wait. What? Either that's an unusually small weasel or an incredibly large woodpecker.

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2015, 11:55 PM

Mar 2015

I'm not familiar with green woodpeckers, and I'm certainly glad he got away. But, geeze! The size differential is very strange!

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)

17. its a baby weasel trying to kill the woodpecker

Reply to scarletwoman (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 02:29 AM

Mar 2015

he fell to the ground, the weasel fell off and the bird fled. He was trying to kill the woodpecker.

progressoid

(53,389 posts)

19. According to this person, the Least Weasel may only the same as a Mars bar.

Reply to scarletwoman (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 04:20 AM

Mar 2015

Denzil_DC

(9,205 posts)

2. Inevitable.

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 12:01 AM

Mar 2015

Baitball Blogger

(52,729 posts)

9. LOL!

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 02:01 AM

Mar 2015

MissB

(16,344 posts)

10. OMFG!

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 02:03 AM

Mar 2015

Rex

(65,616 posts)

11. LMAO!

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 02:04 AM

Mar 2015

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

22. !!!

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 08:03 AM

Mar 2015

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts)

3. Hilarious #WeaselPecker Memes Take Over The Internet

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 12:03 AM

Mar 2015

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/03/best-weaselpecker-meme-photo_n_6793500.html

blue neen

(12,465 posts)

4. OMG!

Reply to Electric Monk (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 12:07 AM

Mar 2015

I truly am laughing my ass off! Hilarious!

longship

(40,416 posts)

5. Damn! Perfect! R&K nt

Reply to Electric Monk (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 12:36 AM

Mar 2015

sunnystarr

(2,638 posts)

6. they all look so real ...

Reply to Electric Monk (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 01:08 AM

Mar 2015

I have to wonder if the weasel is real ...

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

23. YOUUUUU SHALL NOTTTTT PECK

Reply to Electric Monk (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 08:04 AM

Mar 2015

Phentex

(16,755 posts)

25. I laughed out loud!

Reply to Electric Monk (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 08:51 AM

Mar 2015

those are great! Love the space shuttle!

DreamGypsy

(2,252 posts)

7. Oh. I thought this would be a photo...

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 01:36 AM

Mar 2015

... of Netanyahu and Boehner entering the Capitol building.

Big disappointment.

blue neen

(12,465 posts)

8. Oh snap!

Reply to DreamGypsy (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 01:41 AM

Mar 2015

DUzy!

dolphinsandtuna

(231 posts)

12. I don't think an animal being attacked is funny.

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 02:11 AM

Mar 2015

Rex

(65,616 posts)

15. How do you feel about fishing?

Reply to dolphinsandtuna (Reply #12)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 02:14 AM

Mar 2015

dolphinsandtuna

(231 posts)

21. same way

Reply to Rex (Reply #15)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 06:28 AM

Mar 2015

You can offer your arm or leg for food in place of the fish's life, of course, since you think that is okay.

I wonder if someone's pet dog was being attacked, if people would post "hilarious" modified photos.

Maynar

(769 posts)

16. Well it is nature in the raw, as it were.

Reply to dolphinsandtuna (Reply #12)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 02:15 AM

Mar 2015

Like it or not, it is the way of things.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

18. Oh FFS.

Reply to dolphinsandtuna (Reply #12)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 03:46 AM

Mar 2015

Rex

(65,616 posts)

13. That's inconceivable!

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 02:13 AM

Mar 2015

Maynar

(769 posts)

14. I wet mah leg at this here thread!

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 02:13 AM

Mar 2015

betsuni

(29,301 posts)

20. What is the air speed velocity of a laden woodpecker?

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 04:24 AM

Mar 2015

yuiyoshida

(45,726 posts)

24. Totally Tweet-able

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 08:06 AM

Mar 2015

Tweeted!

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