Move over Uber, there's a new ride in town. A photographer in Indonesia has captured the amazing moment when a tree frog climbs on the back of a turtle for a good ride.
The series of stunning pictures showed the frog appearing to smile as it seemed to enjoy a free ride by an unlikely friend.?Another image showed the tortoise lifting its feet off the ground as it trudged on with the little creature on top of its shell.
According to Daily Mail, the incredible pictures were taken in Indonesia's Padang region by photographer Yan Hidayat (35) who himself comes from the same area. Yan got within nine-feet of the spectacle and captured the images on his Nikon D90 using a macro lens.??
While describing the pictures, Yan was quoted by the outlet as saying: "In these photos, I like to see the friendship between the tortoise and the frog,?When people see these photos, they say how good they are and how it's nice to see the animal's friendship.?Animals are our friends. It's sad to see them being sold for slaughter for human benefit."?
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Fortunately, it's only the latest example in a long, adorable history of interspecies piggyback rides. Some animals are better suited to host hitchhikers than others.??
Turtles and tortoises are the natural Ubers of the animal kingdom because of their hard, flat shells. With chill attitudes to die for, they are nature's unofficial party bus. The most traditional riding animal, horses, are basically a sensible minivan.
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Earlier, a?bizarre photo from Australia had gone viral showing a seal surfing on the back of a humpback whale.?
These unusual?moments are increasingly being documented and shared on social media, where the appetite for novel pictures is apparently insatiable.?
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