Seeotter. Rückenschwimmend reiben die Tiere ihr Fell mit den Vorderpfoten und bearbeiten es mit den Zähnen. Da junge Seeottern während des Putzens häufiger die Balance verlieren und untertauchen, hält sie ein rückenschwimmendes Alttier von hinten fest.

The film shows different cleaning habits of the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Swimming on their back the animals rub their fur with their forepaws and treat it with their teeth. As the forelegs are very short, hindlegs and tail are crooked upwards to the cleaned. If young sea otters get out their balance and are submerged while cleaning themselves, - as it happens frequently - they are held fast from backwards by an older animal.