A video showing the moment a giant panda takes a bubble bath has become an online hit. Tian Tian, a giant panda who lives at The Smithsonians National Zoo in Washington DC, gave himself a spring cleaning recently by taking a sudsy bubble bath in his enclosure.

The zoo posted a video of Tian Tians bath on 25 March, showing him splashing his face and ears before sitting in a large bucket. The 19-second clip has attracted over 500,000 views on the zoos Facebook page.

According to the zoo, pandas would not normally bathe regularly in the wild, but Tian Tian is in rut, or showing behaviors associated with breeding, which brings out his love for the water.