00:05We're here at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas today and we're going to meet a very special otter.
00:10Her name is Clara. Clara is a southern sea otter and they are from the central coast of California.
00:18Today Clara is going to be getting a very special training session and it's going to be one where we're
00:22going to be checking her coat.
00:24Sea otters have a very special fur coat that is made up of two layers.
00:29There is an undercoat and a top coat and a layer of air in between.
00:35Now sea otters are able to blow air into their coat as a part of their grooming to put that
00:40layer of air there
00:41and it is what helps keep that cold water from touching their skin, that barrier of air.
00:47Clara does a really great job of checking and grooming her own fur.
00:51In fact, she spends about 40% of her day doing just that, grooming her fur coat.
00:56That's a lot of time and it's well spent because her coat is in great condition.
01:01This coat check behavior lets the trainers get up close and personal with Clara to make sure that we're 100
01:08% sure that she is healthy and her coat is where it should be.
01:34Clara has a friend in her exhibit.
01:36Clara's friend is named Ruby who is also a southern sea otter.
01:40She was abandoned as a one day old pup.
01:44And because Ruby didn't have a lot of that time with her mom that she would in the wild,
01:48she didn't learn how to groom her fur coat as well as Clara does.
01:52But Clara is more than happy to step in and help her comb out all the mats and make sure
01:57that Ruby is successful in keeping warm by keeping this fur coat where it should be.
02:03yim care for this next day.grif
02:04gezeigt hmm about
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