Flying weasel.....

[chicot60]

http://i.imgur.com/IUKV68T.jpg

[chicot60]

http://i.imgur.com/gjkZo6j.jpg

[Condor]

All over the news.. Is it a fake??.. or real??is a weasel that small????.. you decide....

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/condorito2/funny%20signs%20and%20stuff/flying%20weasel1_zpsoafbovcj.jpg

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http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/condorito2/funny%20signs%20and%20stuff/flying%20weasel_zpsjjntatsx.jpg


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http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/condorito2/funny%20signs%20and%20stuff/flying%20weasel3_zps0kuj1lzj.jpg

[chicot60]

While the photo may appear unbelievable, amateur photographer Martin Le-May said that he snapped the photo at Hornchurch Country Park in east London. Speaking with the B (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31705663)BC, Le-May said that he heard a woodpecker distress call, and when he turned around he saw a weasel riding on the bird's back as it flew through the air:

"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."


Weasels don't typically prey on woodpeckers; but according to Wildlife e (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31711446)xpert Lucy Cooke, the weasel is "fearless" and will often attack animals larger than itself. Cooke also said that the average female weasel only weighs as much as a candy bar, so it isn't impossible for the woodpecker to fly with the mammal on its back:

"This is a truly extraordinary image. The green woodpecker is a ground-feeding bird, but weasels normally attack rabbits. The woodpecker is not its usual prey. But weasels are fearless. A female weasel weighs less than a Mars Bar but is as ferocious as a lion, so this is why the woodpecker would have been able to take off with it on its back."

Read more at
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/weasel.asp#iWKU90jGlWf6LsYw.99