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

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The book also shines a spotlight on the terrible working conditions of industrial Victorian Britain, particularly in regard to child labour. At face value, an entertaining and pleasant read, and at a deeper level, extremely thought-provoking. The book itself is linear through time, but the octopuses in the book don’t feel like they are necessarily operating in a time-linear fashion. However, the anecdotes (especially lengthy personal testimony about the authors observations while diving) seem to pad out the sparse scientific evidence. You may not learn a lot about the octopus’s natural history from reading this delightful book, but the kid in your life will love singing along to the accompanying CD.

My Friend the Octopus is one of the best books I’ve read all year and I wholeheartedly recommend it. We’re known as being fair even as the world becomes as polarized as at any time since the newspaper’s founding in 1908.kg (156 lbs) and with an arm span the length of a car, the Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus Dofleini) is one big cephalopod!

The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. You will become a veritable fountain of fun facts while you’re reading this book, and you’ll love it.But if you can swim with it, Van Pelt has spawned a heartwarming tale about the importance of reaching out with open arms to make meaningful connections.

It’s got science writing and stuff, but it’s almost more of a memoir about her relationships with different Pacific octopuses at the New England Aquarium. But with a beak like a parrot, venom like a snake, and a tongue covered with teeth, how can such a being know anything? Long before there were diagnoses and words like dyspraxia and neurodivergent, poetry was showing that difference, far from being a problem, is the wellspring of the imagination. Not only do they help build first words and sentences, they also encourage story analysis and can help spark a lifelong love of reading.In Shelby Van Pelt’s feel-good first novel, “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” the titular clever critter is a giant Pacific octopus at the fictional Sowell Bay Aquarium in Washington state. When I moved to Bozeman, Montana, I had the opportunity to create content for a museum exhibit on early life forms. Ever since My Octopus Teacher broke Netflix with all of its viewers, there has been a surge in interest in octopuses. Anthony Cummins * The Daily Mail * A tribute not just to a lost child but also to nature’s regenerative power.

Journalist and author Richard Schweid worked for ten years as a reporter for The Tennessean, Nashville’s daily newspaper. Nor is this almost photographic ability solely for camouflage; cephalopods flood their bodies with colour according their moods. At what point do simple senses and sensations turn into the feeling of being a certain thing — an octopus, or a human? If you're interested in finding out all about how Vinnie Fyfe and her octopus friend came to be, keep on reading . Dubbed Marcellus by the aquarium owner’s daughter, this cephalopod, who was taken into captivity as a juvenile after being badly wounded by a wolf eel, is approaching the end of his four-year lifespan.

Stephen Fry An event of unimaginable trauma is transformed into a message of beauty and optimism through Ben’s passion for nature, which acts as his nurse, teacher and redeemer. Inky from the National Aquarium in New Zealand is quite the octo-hero, and there are several books about this very clever octopus!