Texans delight in a water-skiing squirrel

Jason Weisberger 4:04 pm Thu Jun 11, 2015

The Daily Texan tells us of a charming family that trains squirrels to water-ski, and the thrilled crowds who gather to watch.

Via the Daily Texan:

"We got the first Twiggy back in 1978 after she was blown out of her nest by a hurricane.” Lou Ann said.
Once Lou Ann and her husband nursed the first Twiggy back to health, they decided to keep her as a family pet. Then, when Lou Ann’s husband got their daughter a remote control boat for her birthday, the saga began.

“We taught [Twiggy] as a joke,” Lou Ann said. “[My husband] got teased so much for buying [our daughter] this boat that he played with it all the time. So everybody kept saying that he bought it for himself, not for her.”

Should one of these squirrels escape, I fear this amphibious training may enable further, even more devastating attacks on our infrastructure.

[Photo: Amy Zhang, Daily Texan]

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