Taking off from the branch. WITNESS the amusing and bizarre moment a small but plucky bird hitched a ride on the back a hapless five-foot-wingspan EAG

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Taking off from the branch. WITNESS the amusing and bizarre moment a small but plucky bird hitched a ride on the back a hapless five-foot-wingspan EAGLE. Stunning once-in-a-lifetime pictures show the eagle resting on a branch as it tries to eat a snake it had caught with the smaller black drongo bird with a wingspan of 110-inches in hot pursuit. As the Crested Serpent Eagle takes flight the black drongo sets off in pursuit, even landing on the eagle’s back and appearing to peck it on the back of the head. The remarkable encounter was captured in Taipei, Taiwan by wildlife photographer Liu Chia-Pin. Liu Chia-Pin /

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Photo credit: © Media Drum World / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: amazing, bird, black, crested, drongo, eagle, flight, hitchhiker, remarkable, serpent, stunning