Amazing

[mallyh]

just seen on the news a weasel on the back of a flying woodpecker absolutely brilliant.

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.itv.com/news/2015-03-02/incredible-image-shows-weasel-flying-on-woodpeckers-back/

[mallyh]

thankyou Mamyalynne for that ,i can't do the clever stuff x

[RATTER15]

This one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM7rOOAmz8E

[mccfluff]

i was just looking at those pics, glad the woodpecker escaped!

[RATTER15]

Sorry, cross posted!

[Mamyalynne]

You're welcome - an amazing sight.

[janbee]

Just saw this on the tv news. Excellent bit of filming. Good old Woody !!

[catswhiskas]

Thats amazing, glad the woodpecker escaped.

[jim360]

Onward, noble steed.

[Hypognosis]

I must admit, the first time I saw it (Fakebook, last night), I thought it was fake because the woodpecker's eye colour looked 'wrong'. Shows what little I know.

I also didn't realise how small weasels are: Green Woodpecker is about the same size as a blackbird.

[Old_Geezer]

Oh he weasely got away with his *** intact.

[Old_Geezer]

testing
wood ***

[Old_Geezer]

wood pėcker

[B00]

Lovely pic, till you realise that the woodpecker was only intended for lunch:-(

[Baldric]

Brilliant!
How lucky was that Photographer?
Not to forget, how lucky was the Yaffle?

[Chipchopper]

Yes, its an amazing image to capture, but I'm glad the woody got away!

[boxtops]

I thought it was photoshopped til I read the article, and found out that it was a baby weasel http://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/the-tale-of-the-weasel-and-woodpecker#.mwyxYVj65

[Chipchopper]

Its my guess that the woodpecker was busily foraging for ants or grubs, one of their mainstay food diets, it is probably at its most vulnerable at this point.

The weasel always go's straight for the jugular, for a quick kill, so flying off was a life saving distraction.

A weasel can easily kill rats and rabbits, which are several times bigger than itself. Small but mighty!

[whirlyhurly]

I found it rather worrying, is there proof that the weasel fell off ? I hope he did !

[mallyh]

whirlyhurly i think they said the woodpecker landed and the weasel ran off.