A young otter, kidnapped in his infancy and raised as a warrior-thief by a band of vermin, leaves the tribe and goes off to seek adventures of his own.
Photographs and text tell all about sea otters, which are mammals that belong to the weasel family. Efforts to save these otters from extinction is also discussed.
Follows the humorous adventures of best friends Winnie the possum and Ernst the otter as they break their piggy bank, babysit eggs, hold a telescope party, and enter a poetry contest.
A young otter, kidnapped in his infancy and raised as a warrior-thief by a band of vermin, leaves the tribe and goes off to seek adventures of his own.