3/14/2003: Skiing squirrel

Happy Friday.

I have no more information on this one. I think it's a fake, but not a Photoshopped fake; I don't *think* this squirrel is actually waterskiing, but it does appear to be an actual photo.

Wait, I found the information!

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_758192.html

Twiggy wears a red lifejacket and a pair of skis and is pulled around a 24ft pool that is just six inches deep, reports the Washington Post.

"It's kinda like training a husband," [Twiggy's trainer] says. "You have to give them a lot of love and affection and tell them the same thing over and over again."

I guess.

I think he appeared at the Philadelphia Boat Show.

I saw him on the news.

I just want to know who the hell looked at a squirrel and suddenly said, "Hey, you know what would be cool? Puttin' that critter on waterskis!"

So you're saying, wanting to subject animals to unatural acts, is wrong???

Blowmee would be correct...I did not in any way think the squirrel was being abused. I am not an animal rights activist, nor am I an animal abuser. As in most things, I tread the middle path.

And just for the record, that picture *is* proof positive that someone had too much time on their hands.

So a recruitment drive for the Iraq conflict. Thes little buggers can be trained for anything.

Love and affection helps, but it's all about the bribes. Shaping complex behavior like waterskiing in an animal that by it's nature avoids water requires a LOT of peanuts.

Man, on the other hand, needs something more than peanuts to be trained...or rather, something in addition to peanuts, namely - BEER!