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The Soul Of An Octopus

Name: The Soul Of An Octopus
ISBN: 1451697724

Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction New York Times Bestseller “Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors

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“If you took the monsters’ point of view, everything they did made perfect sense. The trick was learning to think like a monster.”

— Sy Montgomery, amazon.com

Tagged: monsters, Understanding, Quote of the Moment

“It is possible that Athena, in fact, knows I am female. Female octopuses, like female humans, possess estrogen; she could be tasting and recognizing mine. Octopuses can taste with their entire bodies, but this sense is most exquisitely developed in their suckers. Athena's is an exceptionally intimat…”

— Sy Montgomery, amazon.com

Tagged: Octopuses, Nature, Wildlife, Biology, Marine Life