Lift Kara De ! Baby Weasel Rides on the Back of a Flying Woodpecker

The Internet has something new to obsess over - a captivating picture of a baby weasel piggybacking on a woodpecker. First thing first, the weasel is brown and the woodpecker is green. Social media, for once, has reached an agreement on colour - no debate here, unlike #TheDress.

Can we all at least agree that the weasel is definitely brown? "@Jayward7: ABSOLUTLEY INCREDIBLE photo. pic.twitter.com/0tXkIisroQ"

- Elspeth Belden (@lbhahaha) March 3, 2015

I see Brown and Green. Everyone agrees, right? "@BuzzFeed: Baby Weasel Riding A Woodpecker http://t.co/HDxXWFHk9V pic.twitter.com/wsBdXvYdb0"

- Ben Feller (@BenFellerNY) March 2, 2015

On Twitter, some people think this perfectly timed picture portrays a delightful story of friendship.

My heart is so happy because of this photo. A woodpecker giving a baby weasel a piggyback ride. pic.twitter.com/u1TYS4soOd

- Carissa Alvarado (@CarissaAlvarado) March 3, 2015

Weasel and woodpecker are friends. pic.twitter.com/RXl61cPJon

- Brendan Wenzel (@BRENDAN_WENZEL) March 3, 2015

Or at least they 'prefer' to believe this.
 

I am going to believe this picture is of two unlikely friends going on an adventure http://t.co/cec4HCChJz pic.twitter.com/f3zwZtGRd9

- AliciaMelville-Smith (@alicia_ms) March 3, 2015

I prefer to see this as 'friends on an epic adventure' #SurvivalOfTheFittest http://t.co/EE3P8J3vZN pic.twitter.com/xBNyIxlZJe

- Grace Ironside (@GraceIronside) March 3, 2015

Sorry to interrupt and spoil your train of magical woodland thoughts but it's NOT a tale of two besties. It's a real-life example of the phrase 'the survival of the fittest' and it's not pretty. Weasel is trying to eat woodpecker.

The woodpecker takes the battle for survival to new heights as it soars into the air with the baby weasel on its back. This incredible sight was captured by photographer Martin Le-May in Esssex, England, on Monday.

"Just after I switched from my binoculars to my camera the bird flew across us and slightly in our direction; suddenly it was obvious it had a small mammal on its back and this was a struggle for life," Le-May told ITV.com.

Thankfully, all ended well for the woodpecker. It escaped and flew away alive after safely offloading the hungry weasel on terra firma.