A man walking in a national forest in central Florida has captured a rare image of a raccoon appearing to ride on the back of an alligator.

　　一名男子在佛罗里达中部的国家森林里散步时，拍到了一张罕见的浣熊骑鳄鱼的照片。

　　Richard Jones was walking with his family in the Ocala National Forest when they spottedthe alligator.

　　理查·琼斯和家人在奥卡拉国家森林散步时发现了那条鳄鱼。

　　He believes his son startled the raccoon while trying to take a picture of the reptile.

　　他相信他的儿子试图给鳄鱼拍照时吓到了浣熊。

　　The image has become an internet sensation since the photo was taken on Sunday morning.

　　照片是在周日上午拍下的，之后在网上引起了轰动。

　　Mr Jones told local television station WFTV that he "snapped a lucky picture right when the gator slipped into the water and before the raccoon jumped off and scurried away".

　　琼斯告诉本地电视台WFTV，他“就在鳄鱼滑入水中，浣熊跳开窜走之前，他幸运的拍到了一张照片。”

　　"Without the context you'd think the raccoon was hitching a ride across the river," he told the television station.

　　他告诉电视台，“忽略事件前后的话，你会觉得浣熊是在搭车过河。”

　　"The raccoon riding an alligator is the most Florida thing since mortgage fraud," tweeted Benjamin Freed, a writer for the Washingtonian, alluding to the financial crisis that began in 2007.

　　华盛顿作家本杰明·弗里德在推特上写道：“浣熊骑鳄鱼是贷款欺诈之后最佛罗里达的事了。”他暗指2007年开始的金融危机。

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