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]