By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus ultimately reveals what octopuses can teach us about the nature and consciousness of the mind.
Montgomery chronicles this growing scientific appreciation of the octopus, but also tells a love story. 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. With a central brain the size of that of an African grey parrot and neural matter in each of its eight arms, octopuses have varied personalities and intelligence they show in myriad ways: endless trickery to get food and escape enclosures jetting water playfully to bounce objects like balls and evading their caretakers by using a scoop net as a trampoline and running around the floor on eight arms. The Soul of an Octopus - by Sy Montgomery 16.99When purchased online In Stock Add to cart About this item Specifications Dimensions (Overall): 8.7 Inches (H) x 5.7 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D) Weight.
Since then she has practiced true immersion journalism, from New England aquarium tanks to Mexico and French Polynesia, pursuing these solitary shape-shifters. Her friendship with a sensitive, sweet-natured octopus named Athena and grief at her death, went viral, indicating the widespread fascination with these mysterious, almost alien-like creatures.
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