A photographer in the Antarctic caught this relatable moment as a Weddell Seal stretched to scratch one of its itchy back flippers.

Filmed on Danco Island in Mikkelsen Harbour, the Weddell seals are large predators, growing up to three metres long and weighing 400-500 kilograms, but seem to still be affected by itchy extremities.

The seals are reportedly very placid animals, and two more are seen relaxing alongside the itchy one, seemingly ignorant of the photographer nearby or a passing Gentoo penguin that also appeared.

This video was filmed on December 8, 2018.

Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) are large – both sexes are about 3 metres (10 feet) long and weigh 400-500 kilograms (880-1,100 pounds). Weddell Seals are found all around the coast of the Antarctic continent, and generally stay fairly close to shore. They are incredibly placid, and do not seem worried by people approaching them. Weddell seals are carnivores, eating a variety of fish, squid, octopus and crustaceans, often diving as deep as 700 metres (2,300 feet) in search of prey. Being air breathers, Weddell Seals must keep open breathing holes in the fast ice – they do this by using their canine and incisor teeth to scrape the holes open. This wears their teeth down to the extent that they may be unable to feed or to keep their breathing holes open. These Weddell Seals were hauled out onto the snowpack on Danco Island, in Mikkelsen Harbour on the Antarctic Peninsula. One had an itch, and scratched it with its flipper before flopping down on the snow to doze. Nearby a pair of Weddell Seals snoozed, blissfully unaware of a Gentoo Penguin popping its head up out of the water, or the person passing close by.