Incredible photo shows a weasel riding a woodpecker [View all]

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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.