OPERATION: Dr. Lance Adams, left, staff veterinarian at the Long Beach aquarium, reattaches a splint to a freshwater sawfishs injured nose. (Brian Vander Brug / LAT)
A COSMETIC NEED TOO: Adams removes the sawfishs sutures. The endangered species, which can also live in saltwater, is very unique in appearance, he says. (Brian Vander Brug / LAT)
INSIDE LOOK: Adams does an ultrasound scan on a sea otter. Other recent cases of his: removing an eels tumor and bandaging the ulcer of a sea horse. (Luis Sinco / LAT)
