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Old 03-03-2015, 01:45 AM   #1
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March 3rd, 2015: Woodpecker in Flight

Woodpecker in flight, an afternoon delight...
This isn't the best picture of a Woodpecker in flight, but probably the most unique because the Woodpecker is wearing fur.



Maybe not wearing fur exactly, more like carrying fur... with a weasel in it.
A guy named Martin Le-May took the picture and a Jason Ward put it on twitter.

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From the tweet, embedded below, it appears the weasel was probably trying to eat the woodpecker, but that's only one interpretation. None of us were there, after all. The weasel and woodpecker could be great friends (children's book authors, you are welcome) and this could be just one of their many amazing journeys, all part of one Neverending Story.
They could be bros, maybe be even kinky lovers, who's to say for sure.
But knowing a little about weasels, I'm in the weasel riding his lunch camp.
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Old 03-03-2015, 07:22 AM   #2
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That's incredible. I love it so much that cameras are so ubiquitous now that stuff like this is actually getting captured.

And I understand that the part of the brain devoted to vision is huge for birds and the other parts are pretty small. Maybe that's why Woody doesn't just fly upside down for a few moments. Bird brain didn't think of it.
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Old 03-03-2015, 01:28 PM   #3
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Ah ha, here we have proof Mr Woodpecker and Mr Weasel, were not bros on an adventure.
Mr Weasel is undeniably an agent and minion of the evil Putin.



I'm glad to hear Mr Woodpecker escaped, but I worry Mr Weasel will end up in a Siberian Gulag for his failure.
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Old 03-03-2015, 01:56 PM   #4
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Old 03-03-2015, 04:40 PM   #5
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What Jim said.

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Weasels-on-a-woodpecker!! is my new exclamatory phrase of choice.
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Old 03-10-2015, 10:13 PM   #6
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Old 03-11-2015, 01:09 PM   #7
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The balance of nature.



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Days after a weasel was seen clinging to the back of a woodpecker in mid-flight, new images have emerged to show how another one of the small furry animals picked the wrong bird to fight with. The aggressive weasel's unwise decision to attack a large heron by biting its beak backfired when the bird scooped it up, drowned it and ate it...
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Old 03-11-2015, 02:27 PM   #8
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Old 03-11-2015, 03:16 PM   #10
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Yes, and another way of saying that is...

The enemy of my friend is my .... dinner.
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Old 03-11-2015, 06:05 PM   #11
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That weasel's brain, unfortunately for it, was smaller than the bird's. Or maybe the weasel brain is composed of too many 'Attack! Bite! Kill!' neurons and too few 'Is this really a good idea?' neurons.
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Old 03-11-2015, 09:17 PM   #12
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Weasel and a Seagull ...
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Old 03-12-2015, 07:25 AM   #13
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Who knew weasels were so bold? I mean, sure, they are weasels, and will steal eggs and stuff, but it take a lot of self confidence to go after something bigger than you.

I love this thread.
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Old 03-12-2015, 03:57 PM   #14
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I suspect the Weasel/Seagull was staged. I would appear the Seagull was unable to take off and what was the Weasel doing swimming in the lake or ocean? I know they can swim but they're not generally a water animal. At the end the Weasel looked like it was heading for the boat.

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In Greek culture, a weasel near the house is a sign of bad luck, even evil, "especially if there is in the household a girl about to be married", since the animal (based on its Greek etymology) was thought to be an unhappy bride who was transformed into a weasel.
Well, no wonder they're so vicious.
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Old 03-30-2015, 10:27 AM   #15
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These woodpeckers are brave.
The whole video is good, but the action gets going at 0:30
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