Soul of An Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (817 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00VVSAHQ2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 390 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Montgomery chronicles this growing appreciation of the octopus, but also tells a love story. Since then Sy has practiced true immersion journalism, from New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, pursuing these wild, solitary shape-shifters. But with a beak like a parrot, venom like a snake, and a tongue covered with teeth, how can such a being know anything? And what sort of thoughts could it think? The intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees was only recently accepted by scientists, who now are establishing the intelligence of the octopus, watching them solve problems and deciphering the meaning of their color-changing camouflage techniques. Octopu
Capturing soulful wild creatures and confining them for months in pickle barrels is ok? I was certain I would love this book having encountered many octopuses while diving, and firmly being in the camp that they, like other living creatures, are sentient souls. We cannot know specifically what they are thinking but lets give them credit for having thoughts and capacity for something more than simple reaction to physical stimuli. I was eager to learn more about t. Shelley Isom said How can anyone not be interested in the octopus?. I once kept an octopus in a sea water aquarium. For the week that I kept her, she spent all her time watching every move that I made. Every night even though I piled the aquarium with plywood heaped with books and anything heavy, she would crawl out and I would find her on the rug the next morning. Thinking she was dead, I would scrape her into a dustpan and put her back in t. "Fascinating" according to Shelleyrae. I would probably not have given this book a second glance except that just days before it was offered to me for review I had read Turtle Reef, an Australian contemporary romance novel, in which the heroine, working at a marine park, befriended an octopus. I was intrigued by the relationship and was delighted by the opportunity to learn more.The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprisin