photo is real and the truth behind it is somewhat more sinister. Martin Le-May, a hobby photographer in East London, took these photos of a woodpecker and a baby weasel fighting for their lives over Hornchurch Country Park.
A photo of a weasel hitching a surprise lift on the back of a flying woodpecker near London has gone viral on Twitter, with more than 7,000 users retweeting the original post of the image. (Credit: Courtesy Martin Le-May). ×
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March 4, 2015 4:50 PM EST – Photographer Martin Le-May was on a walk with his wife in Essex, England, when he glimpsed a weasel clinging to the back of a green woodpecker and snapped a photo. (Reuters)
What at first seems like a wonderful friendship between furry and feathery friends, was in reality an example of a baby weasel trying to kill the woodpecker, he believes. Le-May told reporters, “as we walked we heard a