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The Soul of an Octopus : A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness, EPUB eBook

The Soul of an Octopus : A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness EPUB

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Sy Montgomery'sThe Soul of an Octopusdoes for the creature what Helen Macdonald'sH Is for Hawkdid for raptorsNew Statesman
Charming and moving...with extraordinary scientific research Guardian
An engaging work of natural science... There is clearly something about the octopus's weird beauty that fires the imaginations of explorers, scientists, writers Daily Mail

In 2011 Sy Montgomery wrote a feature for Orion magazine entitled Deep Intellect about her friendship with a sensitive, sweet-natured octopus named Athena and the grief she felt at her death. It went viral, indicating the widespread fascination with these mysterious, almost alien-like creatures. Since then, Sy has practised 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.

Octopuses have varied personalities and intelligence they show in myriad ways: endless trickery to escape enclosures and get food; jetting water playfully to bounce objects like balls; and evading caretakers by using a scoop net as a trampoline and running around the floor on eight arms. 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, birdsand 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 colour-changing camouflage techniques. Montgomery chronicles this growing appreciation of the octopus, but also tells a love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about consciousness and the meeting of two very different minds.

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