Meet the Radical Rodents, the "coolest and hippest mice in the world" and keen surfers from Down Under! Their owner, Shane Willmott of Queensland, takes the mice surfing when the sea is calm and said that they love it!
I think this is so cool! Rats love water and you can count on me to be telling the truth because I am a die hard animal lover. I don't agree with cruelty to animals, or circus performing, or anything like that, but that's not cruelty! They love it, you can see. Like someone else said, why should we selfishly assume humans are the only ones to have fun?
Hey, if humans enjoy surfing, why wouldn't animals? To assume that we're the only species that knows how to have fun is preposterous. And I agree, rats love water. If they didn't enjoy being on the board they could easily hop off and swim to shore.
Our house rats (two sisters) love water, they've learned to turn the kitchen sink faucet on all by themselves - now if they'd just learn to turn it off when they're finished.
I too have owned rats, and this is not torture. It's called fun. I am serious, people. There is a void in your soul if you have nothing better to do than cry about perceived torture, when the little critters are actually guiding the boards on clear set paths through the surf.
Fun, Fun, Fun!