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• Title:The soul of an octopus : a surprising exploration into the wonder of consciousness / Sy Montgomery.
  
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• Author/Creator:Montgomery, Sy, author.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Atria Books, 2016.
  ©2015
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QL430.3.O2 M66 2015
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Octopuses--Behavior.
  
• Medical Subjects: Animal Communication
  
• Edition:First Atria paperback edition.
  
• Description:262 pages ; 22 cm
  
• Summary:"In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus--a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature--and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. Sy Montgomery's popular 2011 Orion magazine piece, "Deep Intellect," about her friendship with a sensitive, sweet-natured octopus named Athena and the grief she felt at her death, went viral, indicating the widespread fascination with these mysterious, almost alien-like creatures. Since then Sy has practiced 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, 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. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
  "An investigation of the emotional and physical world of the octopus"-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Originally published: New York : Atria Books, 2015.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:1451697724 paperback
  9781451697728 paperback
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. One Athena
  Encountering the Mind of a Mollusk
  ch. Two Octavia
  This Shouldn't Be Happening: Tasting Pain, Seeing Dreams
  ch. Three Kali
  Fellowship of the Fishes
  ch. Four Eggs
  Beginning, Ending, and Shape-Shifting
  ch. Five Transformation
  Art of Breathing in the Ocean
  ch. Six Exit
  Freedom, Desire, and Escape
  ch. Seven Karma
  Choice, Destiny, and Love
  ch. Eight Consciousness
  To Think, to Feel, to Know.