This Majestic Photo of a Weasel Riding a Woodpecker Has Taken Over the Internet

Even though the bird was trying to eat the weasel, the pic turned into a glorious meme quite quickly

Isn't nature glorious?! East London hobby photographer Martin Le-May captured an incredible image of a weasel riding a woodpecker into battle during the great Weasel-Squirrel-Chipmunk War of 2015. You can almost hear the furry creature shouting, "Onward, noble steed! To glory!"

Fine, we made up most of that scenario, but that is a real photo (minus John Travolta, of course) of a weasel riding on the back of a woodpecker and it's making the rounds on the Internet. But unfortunately, the situation that created the image is much less magical. The weasel was trying to kill the woodpecker.  

Le-May described the encounter to Buzzfeed, calling it "the struggle for life" as the woodpecker eventually escaped with its life and the weasel "disappeared into the long grass, hungry."

The photo soon went viral, so you can all guess what happened next, right?

Memes, y'all!

RT @elliotwagland: To infinity and beyond.... #WeaselPecker pic.twitter.com/312nPo4zTJ

? Gustavo Poli (@gpoli) March 3, 2015

'90s kids, it's what we've been waiting for ... #WeaselPecker #Weasel #Woodpecker #Pokemon #90s #Pikachu #Pokemon pic.twitter.com/LjniQ9pUqq

? L Phillip Lucas (@LPhillipLucas) March 3, 2015

Left shark #weaselpecker pic.twitter.com/8dVr9TkVYv

? mitvergnuegen (@mitvergnuegen) March 3, 2015

Wheeeeeee! http://t.co/3grkzGdLCx pic.twitter.com/VMVdTG0ssy

? AJ Jefferies (@moonjam) March 3, 2015

John Travolta is all over the weasel and the woodpecker pic.twitter.com/HMxoDInWbh

? Elliot Wagland (@elliotwagland) March 3, 2015

There you go pic.twitter.com/WorRtMiDuM

? *Russian Market (@russian_market) March 3, 2015

Most likely what was going on #weaselpecker http://t.co/lglz7utjxD via @imgflip

? Outlander (@4arid_Max) March 3, 2015

Figured I'd contribute to the #peckerweasel with the addition of Gandalf on an eagle... pic.twitter.com/LuBmO8p1xO

? Olly Gibbs (@ollyog) March 3, 2015

On #WorldWildlifeDay pic.twitter.com/FJPlQf3qSj c/o @thewritertype

? Andy Lang (@HRH_Duke_of_Url) March 3, 2015

I came in like a #WeaselPecker pic.twitter.com/9pkVciT9t4

? The Poke (@ThePoke) March 3, 2015

@jimwaterson yeah ok. funny, now it looks blue and black pic.twitter.com/jBkEVGXtKR

? Richard Nias (@richardNias) March 3, 2015

Kanye West #weaselpecker pic.twitter.com/zzu9d7ekk0

? mitvergnuegen (@mitvergnuegen) March 3, 2015

Finally, by these memes combined...this is Captain Internet!

#WeaselPecker meet #TheDress and #llamadrama. Everything is astonishing these days. #weasel #woodpecker pic.twitter.com/QBdfKGrpvI

? Michael Oman-Reagan (@OmanReagan) March 3, 2015