“Anyone who has watched, for example, a litter of otter cubs rolling about in an ottery tangle can hardly doubt that they're really having fun.”

“Forcing her clawed forepaws to be still, she tried to concentrate on the room, hampered by her otterish vision, with its different field of view and lack of color.”

“His jovial, otterish, undergraduate, joshing decency was real, I decided, very country town, very West Australian.”