Free Ride

An amazing picture of a weasel riding on a woodpecker in flight. Flying for free and no TSA, lucky beast!

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Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 03, 2015
Category: Animals | Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature

Comments

I really hope that pic is not photo shopped because it is just so cool. :coolsmile:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/03/15 at 09:18 PM

Just like you to post a pecker sex pic while giving us all the bird. Hahahahahaha .. just kidding .. you know ILU

Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 03/03/15 at 09:24 PM

ILU2 sweetie!

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/03/15 at 09:26 PM

I saw the photographer being interviewed and it was not photo shopped. The woodpecker escaped.

Posted by BMN on 03/03/15 at 10:02 PM

What do you mean, the woodpecker escaped? Was the weasel attacking it? It does not look that way.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/03/15 at 11:43 PM

OK there was more to the article that I missed. Apparently the weasel was trying to feed on the bird. That takes a bit of the cuteness out of it.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/03/15 at 11:50 PM

No, Patty, animals act differently when nobody is watching. These two, obvious, friends with benefits were just caught out by some guy with more lens than usual.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Mustelinae
Genus: Mustela
Linnaeus, 1758

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/04/15 at 12:32 AM

Sorry, guess I am a big dummy but the surprise factor of the picture kind of stopped me from reasoning out the true nature of the interaction.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/04/15 at 10:40 AM

Don't blame yourself, Patty, you're only a woman and we, as superior males, are honor bound to protect you even from yourselves. 💋

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/04/15 at 10:42 AM

Are you sure that you and BD aren't related??? 😜

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/04/15 at 10:54 AM

We are both red-blooded, right thinking, males, Patty.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/04/15 at 10:55 AM

And if I buy that you've got a fixer upper in the center of town to sell Mr right? :lol:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/04/15 at 11:02 AM

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/04/15 at 11:03 AM

~~20%~~ 10% finder's fee just for you sending him to me.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/04/15 at 11:03 AM

Immediately thought of the Nat King Cole version of "Straighten Up and Fly Right."

Posted by ScoutC on 03/04/15 at 08:30 PM

Sure it isn't just an "Uber" thing? The bird giving the weasel a lift because a taxi is too expensive?

Posted by tadchem on 03/05/15 at 10:46 AM

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