The Octopus Scientists by Sy Montgomery

The Octopus Scientists by Sy Montgomery

Part of the award-winning Scientists in the Field series, The Octopus Scientists takes readers to the waters off of Moorea, Tahiti, to study the mind of the mollusk. Follow scientists as they uncover the secrets of its advanced intelligence and learn what these thinking, feeling creatures have to teach us about the oceans, its animals, and ourselves.

 

With three hearts and blue blood, its body unconstrained by jointed limbs or gravity, the octopus seems to be an inhabitant of another world. The octopus also has the powers of a superhero: it can shape shift, change color, squirt ink, pour itself through the tiniest of openings, or jet away through the sea faster than a swimmer.



Most intriguing of all, octopuses are remarkably intelligent. This book, an inquiry into the mind of an intelligent invertebrate, is also a foray into our unexplored planet. These thinking, feeling creatures can help readers experience and understand our world (or even life itself) in a new way.

Sy Montgomery is a naturalist, documentary scriptwriter, and the author of thirty-one critically praised nonfiction books for adults and children, including The Soul of an Octopus, a National Book Award finalist, and The Good Good Pig, a New York Times bestseller. She resides in New Hampshire with her husband, writer Howard Mansfield, and a border collie. She has received numerous distinctions, including lifetime achievement awards from the Humane Society and the New England Booksellers Association.

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ISBN 13	9780358569749
ISBN 10	0358569745
Title	The Octopus Scientists
Author	Sy Montgomery
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Clarion Books
Year published	2021-12-21
Number of pages	80
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.