Raccoon Rides Alligator in Photo From Florida's Ocala National Forest

UPI ^ | June 15, 2015 | Kate Stanton

[nickcarraway]

Richard Jones was exploring Ocala National Forest with his family when they captured a photo of a raccoon balancing on an alligator.

A Florida man exploring Ocala National Forest has captured an unusual photo of what appears to be a raccoon riding an alligator.

Richard Jones, of Palatka, told several local media outlets Sunday that he and his family were searching the Oaklawaha River for alligators, when his son accidentally startled a raccoon out of its hiding place.

"It must have been asleep because it stumbled toward the water and hoped on top of the gator we were watching," Jones wrote in an email to First Coast News. "I snapped a lucky picture right when the gator slipped into the water and before the raccoon jumped off and scurried away."

Jones said he wanted to share the photo because he "just thought other people might enjoy it."

In a similar incident last March, a London photographer shared a snap of what appeared to be a weasel riding a woodpecker, though he told reporters that the weasel was actually attacking the bird.

[nickcarraway]

[cyn]

Surf’s up.

[Blue Jays]

World’s. Luckiest. Raccoon.

[dp0622]

I wonder what the alligator was thinking.

[going hot]

I wonder what the alligator was thinking.

"stupid raccoon. I'll just go out a little further, then roll over, and have a taste of raccoon.

[cyn]

Clearly needed a cup of coffee. How many of us have done the same when we stumble out of bed?

Ocklawaha.

[doorgunner69]

Racoon is listening for the dive klaxon to start up before bailing out.

[dp0622]

yeah, dont ever read stories of an alligator taking a pup from another species under its wing :)

[tumblindice]

“Catch a wave and you’re sitting on top of the swamp.”?

[dp0622]

lol

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Gator is brown bagging lunch.

[Pelham]

[Yardstick]

Sometimes Nairobi women carry their foodstuffs on their head.

[uglybiker]

A raccoon is riding an alligator

Your argument is invalid.

[RginTN]

was the raccoon drunk??? its like something a drunk human would do!

[a fool in paradise]

Look! A squirrel....

[Covenantor]

Gator thinking, “periscope, kewl!”

[Flick Lives]

Raccoon, “I’m king of the world!”

[PghBaldy]

Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria! (Ghostbusters, 1984)

[Psalm 73]

Oklawaha?

Really? My old stomping grounds - raised in the Ocala National Forest.
Those were the days - just bring your firearms and bottles down to the clay pits....