Weasel Rides Woodpecker Photo: Fake Or Real
A weasel rides woodpecker. Really? Is it fake or real photo? The photo has been circulating online after Jason Ward (@Jayward7) tweeted it on Monday. He said it was taken by east London hobby photographer Martin Le-May. The photo showed a weasel riding on top of a flying woodpecker.
Martin Le-May said he was out for a walk on Monday with his wife, Ann, in a London park when they heard a bird squawking in distress. And that’s when they saw the events unfold between the weasel and the woodpecker.
ABSOLUTLEY INCREDIBLE photo by Martin Le-May. Green Woodpecker and Weasel. Apparently the Woodpecker escaped. pic.twitter.com/PUt1b2Mbhs
— Jason Ward (@Jayward7) March 2, 2015
The weasel wasn’t really riding the bird, but trying to eat it.
Weasels are notorious nest robbers. And it looks like Le-May got the perfect shot following a confrontation between a weasel and the woodpecker. Here’s another photo that Le-May took:
He said that the woodpecker was able to escape from the weasel after the latter was distracted by the presence of Le-May and his wife.