{"id":394537,"date":"2026-08-01T07:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394537\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T07:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:24:14","slug":"world-famous-waterskiing-squirrel-twiggy-makes-a-splash-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394537\/","title":{"rendered":"World-famous waterskiing squirrel Twiggy makes a splash in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A world-famous celebrity is making a splash in San Antonio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right \u2014 Twiggy the Waterskiing Squirrel, a pint-sized performer with a knack for skimming across the water, is in the Alamo City, according to a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbY19wVofhf\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a> from the renowned rodent&#8217;s social media team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here we go Texas! Squirrels and Back to school shopping at Ingram Park Mall,&#8221; the post read. &#8220;\ud83d\udc3f\ufe0f perfect way to end your summer with Twiggy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The original Twiggy made her big debut in May 1979 when The Sanford Herald published the <a href=\"https:\/\/sihfd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021_twiggy.pdf\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first article<\/a> on her. Since then, the celebrity squirrel has performed all over America and across the world, including destinations like Paris, Germany, Canada and Bermuda.<\/p>\n<p>To boot, Twiggy is a movie star with\u00a0major feature films <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs19.tv\/article\/news\/twiggy-the-waterskiing-squirrel-at-splash-kingdom\/501-266384125\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">credits<\/a> under her belt, including &#8220;Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy&#8221; and &#8220;Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Twiggy also made a splash on Season 7 of NBC&#8217;s America&#8217;s Got Talent in 2012. Though she was eliminated during the audition round, the water-skiing squirrel won over viewers nationwide with her one-of-a-kind act.<\/p>\n<p>Now, San\u00a0Antonians have a chance to see the famous squirrel in person.<\/p>\n<p>Twiggy will perform three free water-skiing shows daily at\u00a0Ingram Park Mall \u2014 at noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. through Aug. 1. It&#8217;s one last opportunity to squeeze in a little summer fun before students head back to school.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A world-famous celebrity is making a splash in San Antonio.\u00a0 That&#8217;s right \u2014 Twiggy the Waterskiing Squirrel, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-394537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}