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Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 10:03 pm
by Gob
Amateur photographer Martin Le-May, from Essex, has recorded the extraordinary image of a weasel riding on the back of a green woodpecker as it flies through the air.
The photograph was taken at Hornchurch Country Park in east London on Monday afternoon.
Speaking to BBC News, Mr Le-May said he had managed to capture the moment while he was out walking with his wife Ann.
He said: "I heard a distressed squawking noise and feared the worst.
"I soon realised it was a woodpecker with some kind of small mammal on its back.
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 10:06 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
Either it bit off more than it could chew.... or the woodpecker didn't make it too far into the woods before becoming lunch! Somewhere, Dad Weasel's trying to explain to Mum Weasel that the boy just didn't LISTEN!
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 10:11 pm
by Guinevere
Wow, that is tremendous.
I bet they're old buds, having a bit of fun on a sunny afternoon
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 10:21 pm
by Crackpot
But could it carry a coconut?
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 10:39 pm
by BoSoxGal
Wow! What we don't know about the natural world could overfill the oceans . . .
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 11:10 pm
by Sue U
Crackpot wrote:But could it carry a coconut?
It's not a swallow, is it?
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 12:57 am
by Gob
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 12:58 am
by wesw
thank you gob. I didn t want to be the one to say it....
NEXT ON THE NATURE CHANNEL
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:40 am
by RayThom
Ambiguously gay animals.
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:10 am
by Gob
wesw wrote:thank you gob. I didn t want to be the one to say it....
I wasn't intimating it was photoshopped or fake Wes, just adding some humor.
As far as I can see it's the genuine article.
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:19 am
by wesw
well it looks fake as hell to me. the weasels left paw doesn t even seem to ruffle any feathers, and why would a baby weasel jump on a pecker?
the pecker looks like taxidermy, convenient that none of the background is in focus and that he was able to get the pecker so clearly in focus in what had to be only a second or two of opportunity to get the shot. must ve been some fast film too, the wing isn t even a little blurry...
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:35 am
by Gob
The fact that you use the term "fast film" is a bit of a giveaway there...
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:39 am
by wesw
yeah, I guess it s all digital now huh?
still looks fake tho
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 3:24 am
by MajGenl.Meade
Sue U wrote:Crackpot wrote:But could it carry a coconut?
It's not a swallow, is it?
An African swallow, yes...
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:44 pm
by Daisy
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:51 pm
by TPFKA@W
Adolescent thrill-seeking weasel, bet he did it on a dare. Damn kids.
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 5:32 am
by BoSoxGal
Thanks for sharing, Daisy - very cool! I didn't know weasels ate birds . . . I'm glad this woodpecker got away!
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:12 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
MajGenl.Meade wrote:Either it bit off more than it could chew.... or the woodpecker didn't make it too far into the woods before becoming lunch! Somewhere, Dad Weasel's trying to explain to Mum Weasel that the boy just didn't LISTEN!
The woodpecker left with its life, the weasel just disappeared into the long grass, hungry
No, really... thank you, thank you. It was nothing. I'm right like this all the time. No, really... modesty forbids...
WEASELS AND FERRETS
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 4:32 pm
by RayThom
These two animals are close cousins.
bigskygal wrote:... I didn't know weasels ate birds . . . I'm glad this woodpecker got away!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/2 ... 64624.html
Obviously, these cute little animals will eat anything with a pulse. Unfortunately, this infant was strapped into a car seat and too stupid to just get out of the seat and walk into another room.
In dad's own defense: “It’s not our fault. We didn’t do it, the animals did it, this little mistake happened. I wish it never did happen, but it happened.” Yep, fair enough, it must be the infant's fault.
Pop... what a weasel.
Re: Weasel hitches a lift
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:38 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
It was a mercy-ferret
