The weasel and the woodpecker. This could be the title of a fable of Fontaine but these are the two subjects of an incredible and rare photograph taken by photographer Martin Le May, from Essex (England) that goes around the web on Tuesday . Published on March 2 on the US site Buzzfeed, it shows a baby weasels clinging to the back of a woodpecker in flight.
The image, taken in a park, has touched many users on social networks , some seeing it as a scene of friendship between two Animal nothing closer. A wrong. In an email sent to several English-speaking media, the author explains that in reality, weasel trying to kill the woodpecker to eat it.
“Living Proof”
“We (he and his wife , ed) have turned our binoculars and it appeared that the woodpecker was bouncing unusually on the ground, as if he were on too hot surface, “says Martin Le-May. “It was obvious that he had a small mammal on the back and they were waging a fight for his life.”
The story is nevertheless very complete. Probably hampered by the presence of the couple, weasel “starving” took to their heels while the bird took refuge in a tree.
“The weasel is a predator that eats mainly small mammals but sometimes ventured to attack larger animals that like little rabbits or blackbirds. She did not want to take a trip, she wanted to eat a woodpecker, “said Pierre Rigaux, naturalist and vice-president of the French Society for the Study and Protection of Mammals (SFEPM), interviewed by Francetvinfo.
This representative scene of the law of the jungle has in any case inspired the visitors, who did not lose the away merrily, as noted by The Express
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