You may consider this a cute scene, but the woodpecker and the baby weasel are actually fighting. 

The baby weasel is actually trying to eat the woodpecker, and the woodpecker is more interested in seeing the light of another day.


Le-May witnessed the “fight” at Hornchurch Country Park as he was enjoying the beautiful day. He heard the noise, and saw these two fighting.

The woodpecker flew past Le-May, but there was something on its back. The weasel. So, Le-May couldn’t miss the moment and took some really hilarious photos.


The cute duo was actually engaged in a fight for life. The bird landed, and the weasel spotted Le-May and his wife. This gave the woodpecker enough time to fly up in the surrounding trees. The weasel couldn’t do anything but run away hungry.

Weasels rob nests, and this baby was probably hoping to get a free meal. Well, the woodpecker didn’t give up without a fight. Bird-enthusiast Jason Ward was the first to share the photos, noting that these two are best friends. He didn’t know the real story.


According to experts, the bird is European green woodpecker, a breed that releases loud sounds. These birds feed on ants, and grow 210-216mm in length with a 320-330mm wingspan.

Stebe Backshall, a wildlife presenter, says it isn’t unusual for these birds to fly, and he was amazed that the woodpecker did it with a weasel on its back.

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Finn Lanning with Damien / Credit: FOX 31 Denver
Damien, 13, suffers from focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and is in desperate need of a kidney transplant. The only reason he's not eligible for a transplant is because he's homeless.

Damien ended up in the foster care system due to his costly health issues. But when a proper home placement isn't available, the seventh grader has to live in the hospital.

Unfortunately, whenever he's a hospital resident, he's considered high risk for the organ to not work.

One day, Damien told Finn Lanning, his math teacher at AXL Academy, he wouldn't be returning. He was on his way back to a hospital.

Lanning decided to step in. He's adopting Damien, giving him a place to call home and a chance to finally get that elusive kidney.

"When you're living in the hospital, you're not able to be on the transplant list because folks who don't have stable housing are considered high-risk for their organ not to work," Lanning said.

Lanning said Damien had spent three to four months living in the hospital while waiting for placement in a foster home.

"Over that time, I started out going in to give him his work and just hang out with him a little bit, keep him caught up in the classroom," Lanning told Fox 13. "And as I learned more about his story and what he was facing and what his needs were and why they weren't being met, it just became really hard for me to look the other way."

Lanning's decision to adopt Damien got the teen out of the hospital and moved him to the top of the waiting list for a new kidney.



"Damien is now living with me, going back to school, and was just recently relisted on the kidney transplant list," Lanning said.

But Damien's condition requires him to maintain a strict diet, which has placed an unexpected financial burden on Lanning.

Their food bill can run between $200 and $300 per week.

So, Lanning launched a GoFundMe page for Damien and has raised nearly $60,000 as of June 1.


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