Probably the world's first surfing alpaca - PHOTOS

Pisco the alpaca rides on a surfboard with Peruvian surfer Domingo Pianezzi, at San Bartolo beach in Lima.

Pianezzi is something of a specialist in the - admittedly small - field of surfing with animals. He's spent the best part of a decade training dogs to sit on his surfboard while he catches the waves, and has also trained a cat called Nicolasa to do the same. But now he's moved up to an even bigger animal.

'I've surfed with a dog, a parrot, a hamster and a cat, but when I was at a competition in Australia I saw people surfing with kangaroos and koalas,' noted Mr Pianezzi.

Pisco is thought to be the first alpaca who has ever been taught to surf. Of course, if you know of any previous surfing alpaca incidents, please feel free to let us know.

Pisco wears a floatation jacket while on the board, given that alapacas - mountain animals bred for their warm, silky coats - are not natural swimmers.

In case you're wondering exactly how drunk you'd have to be to come up with the idea of getting an alpaca to ride a surfboard, it's maybe worth noting that Pisco gets his name from the strong spirit distilled from grapes which is popular in Peru and Chile.


/Metro.co.uk/

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