The next time you’re grumbling about your pool maintenance chores, spare a thought for Australian farmer, Andrew Pluschke, who is faced with the daily chore of removing mice from his pool – once 77 in a single day! The mice, sometimes still doing laps, are part of a population boom plaguing the area and are presenting a significant nuisance to grain farmers.

Skimming leaves may be no fun, but we would argue that it could be worse!