15+ Instances of Animals Hitching a Ride on Other Animals (26 Photos)

Whether it be on their own kind or on another kind, we’re just as fascinated as the next person seeing photos of animals hitching a ride on other animals. Remember the post we did of a photo that went viral last year of a weasel riding a woodpecker… or that photo of a raccoon caught riding a boar?

How about the photo below of a seal riding a whale, captured by Robyn Malcolm during a whale watching trip out of Eden, NSW:

Hands down, turtles and frogs seem to be the most popular when it comes to hitching rides on other animals. They will hop on just about anything that moves! Remember this one below of a frog riding a beetle? Yee-haw! You can view more photos of them on our site here.

You certainly don’t have to search far to find photos of animals hitching rides on other animals, so we did a bit more searching ourselves and compiled these photos below.

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1. Turtle Hitching a Ride on a Jellyfish

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2. Birdie Hitching a Ride on a Hawk

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3. Frog Hitching a ride on another Frog

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4. Beetle hitching a ride on a Snail

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5. Frog hitching a ride on Goldfish

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6. Frog hitching a ride on a Snail

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7. Rabbit hitching a ride on a Swan

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8. Turtles hitching a ride on a Hippo

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9. Monkey hitching a ride on a Goat

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10. Turtle hitching a ride on an Alligator

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11. Seagull hitching a ride on an Alligator

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12. Frog hitching a ride on a Snake

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13.  Raccoon hitching a ride on an Alligator

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14.  Turtle hitching a ride on a Frog

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15. More Birds hitching a ride on other birds

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Bonus

Rat hitching a ride on a Cat which is hitching a ride on a Dog

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Turtle hitching a ride on a Turtle that’s hitching a ride on a Turtle

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And if all else fails – there’s always technology:

Birds hitching a ride on a bus:

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