these pictures show the moment a weasel bit off more than it could chew when it made the unwise decision to attack a heron the aggressive mammal was seen leaping up and biting the large bird's beak, with the move quickly backfiring for the weasel who did not live to tell the tale after deciding enough was enough, the heron scooped up the critter in its mouth and flew to a nearby lake to drown it, dipping the weasel underwater twice to make sure it was dead clinging on: this aggressive weasel was drowned by a heron after the mammal annoyed the bird by attacking it and biting its large beak  pick on someone your own size: the weasel was pictured biting the heron's beak as it bit off more than it could chew by taking on the large bird  going down: the annoyed heron decided enough was enough, picking up the weasel in its beak and flying to a nearby lake to drown it  dunk: the large bird plunged the mammal into the water twice, holding it underneath the surface until it had drowned  the photographs, taken by bird watcher jonathan forgham, show nature at its most brutal as the heron gobbled down the weasel in one gulp mr forgham was leaving elmley nature reserve on the isle of sheppey, kent, after spending three hours photographing owls when he spotted the weasel attacking the heron he said: 'i got my car closer and could see the weasel attacking the bird at that point the heron wasn't trying to eat it, it was just trying to get rid of it but the weasel attacked its beak again and the heron picked it up and flew of to the pond 'i drove the car round there in time to see the heron try to drown the weasel it lifted it out of the water and then dunked it again to make sure it was dead 'when the weasel was quite motionless the heron swallowed it afterwards it didn't do much, it just stood there looking quite smug 'i have been bird watching all my life and have seen a heron eat ducklings and a snake before but never anything as big as a weasel the photographs were taken by bird watcher jonathan forgham at elmley nature reserve on the isle of sheppey, in kent  bird watcher mr forgham said the weasel's attack 'wasn't very wise', however they have a reputation for being aggressive  gulp: the heron, seen with the weasel's bite marks on its beak, gobbled its motionless dinner down in one go once it was sure it was dead  hold on! the pictures come days after a weasel was pictured clinging on to a flying woodpecker after pouncing on top of the bird  'it wasn't very wise of the weasel to go after a heron but they are aggressive, never give up and fight to the death you could see bite marks on the heron's beak 'it was very lucky because it happened just as i was leaving you can't wait around for something like that to happen, it is a once in a lifetime moment' the pictures come days after a weasel was pictured clinging on to a flying woodpecker after pouncing on top of the bird as it battled to take it down the astounding image went viral online after thousands of users shared the 'one in a million' snap on social media, as well as dozens of hilarious parodies of celebrities riding on the bird's back martin le may, who took the incredible photograph in hornchurch country park, east london, said the woodpecker managed to wriggle free and escape
jonathan forgham
an aggressive weasel bit off more than it can chew when it took on a heron, clinging on to the large bird's beak  the annoyed bird scooped up the small mammal and flew it to a nearby river, dunking it underwater to drown it  after ensuring its dinner was dead, heron gulped the weasel down in one go, bird watcher jonathan forgham said  pictures come just days after a photograph of a weasel hanging onto a flying woodpecker went viral on the internet 