Mouse plays leap frog to escape Indian floods

There's nothing like a friend to help you out when times are tough... And this mouse found himself an unlikely ally when floodwaters devastated parts of northern India.



He hitched a ride to safety on the back of a friendly frog which ferried him back to the bank when the mouse was swept into a swollen river near Lucknow, the state capital of Uttar Pradesh.

The incident came as torrential monsoon rains and lightning storms lashed much of northern India and killed at least 13 people, raising the death toll to more than 200 from weeks of downpours.