Sea otters have naturally occurring nose scars from copulation and fighting, which can be used to identify individuals based on the size, shape and location of the scars. However, matching the scars ...

The short muzzle ends in a large nose pad. The glossy guard hairs overlay a short ... eliminated many populations throughout this broad region. The river otter is a common resident throughout the ...

I discover that I am literally nose-to-nose with the otter. And that contact would have been even more striking than it is now, because the empty eye sockets would have been inlayed with fresh ...