this whole bird riding thing is new to me. reporter: this was a life and death struggle. the photographer told various media that the woodpecker landed and distracted the weasel. the woodpecker seized the opportunity and flew up and away. both survived. it s the photographer s dream to capture behavior no one has ever seen before. reporter: soon everyone was seeing it photo shopped with a weasel wearing a cape with madonna and shirtless vladamir putin, who was later combined with benjamin netanyahu. the weasel was decked out in the blue or is it gold dress? miley cyrus was half dressed. even the two runaway llamas showed up. is it feasible for a bird to fly with a weasel on top of it? weasels are very very light.