News today of another animal hitchhiker: a seal on a humpback whale off the coast of Australia:

A seal hitching a ride on a humpback whale. Photo by Robyn Malcolm.

This follows on from the weasel on the green woodpecker in England:

Weasel on a green woodpecker. Photo by Martin Le-May.

and before that, the Cape Genet riding on buffaloes and rhinoceroses in South Africa:

Cape genet on a rhinoceros.

I wrote a blog post about this last example last year, with more photos.

I think I might have to make animal hitchhikers a regular feature …