These rescue otters are being trained to get used to being check on by vets in Florianópolis, Brazil.
Adorable rescue otters in Brazil train to be examined by vets
These rescue otters are being trained to get used to being check on by vets in Florianópolis, Brazil.
The excited otters are seeing running back and forth across their enclosures as the filmer approaches them with some fish.
Wile eating the fish, the vets have a chance to perform their checks on the marine animals.
The filmer said: "Animals that have to live in captivity need a check-up every once in a while, which can be very stressful for both the people and the animals involved.
"It's important to get the animals accustomed to it, in a way that is safer for everyone.
"Every morning, when these rescued otters get fed, they also get moved into the enclosure's switch area, and conditioned to go into a tube and get poked and slightly pinched, so that they won't mind needles, where they get rewarded with fish." This footage was filmed in August 2016.