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Author: Leon Gray
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Published: 2013-01-01
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 161772730X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduces the Giant Pacific octopus, describing its physical characteristics, habitat, life cycle, and the ways in which it defends itself against its predators.
Author: James A. Cosgrove
Publisher: Harbour Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSuper Suckers is the culmination of over forty years of undersea photography and groundbreaking research about the largest known octopus species in the world, the giant Pacific octopus. Cosgrove and McDaniel present previously unpublished biological behavior and a startling collection of octopus myths, legends, and anecdotes from aquarists and divers of the pacific coast.
Author: Karen Wallace
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781406312829
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Jet through the ocean with a gentle mother giant octupus as she searches for a den where she can safely lay her precious eggs"--Back cover.
Author: Sy Montgomery
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2016-07-12
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1501161148
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFinalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year “Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors.” —New Statesman, UK “One of the best science books of the year.” —Science Friday, NPR Another New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig, this “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” (The Daily Beast) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities—gentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple “sleights of hand” to get food. Scientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal’s color-changing techniques. With her “joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures” (Library Journal Editors’ Spring Pick), Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.
Author: Irene Latham
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1512439932
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn California, Agnes, a giant Pacific octopus, pens a series of postcards to strangers from both above and below the pier.
Author: Sy Montgomery
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 85
ISBN-13: 0544232704
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLooks at the work of renowned octopus scientist Jennifer Mather and a team of researchers on the island of Moorea, where they work to learn more about octopuses and their behavior.
Author: Owen Davey
Publisher: Nobrow Press
Published: 2024-08-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781838748746
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bobbie Kalman
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 38
ISBN-13: 9780778712992
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOctopuses have captivated people's imagination for centuries. Young readers will be intrigued to discover how these tentacled animals move through water, how they hunt, how they use camouflage and other protection measures, and why octopuses are importance in oceans around the world.
Author: Peter Godfrey-Smith
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2017-03-09
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 0008226288
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBBC R4 Book of the Week ‘Brilliant’ Guardian ‘Fascinating and often delightful’ The Times What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter?
Author: Roger Hanlon
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2018-10-31
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 022645956X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Cephalopods are often misunderstood creatures. Three biologists set the record straight."—Science News Largely shell-less relatives of clams and snails, the marine mollusks in the class Cephalopoda—Greek for “head-foot”—are colorful creatures of many-armed dexterity, often inky self-defense, and highly evolved cognition. They are capable of learning, of retaining information—and of rapid decision-making to avoid predators and find prey. They have eyes and senses rivaling those of vertebrates like birds and fishes, they morph texture and body shape, and they change color faster than a chameleon. In short, they captivate us. From the long-armed mimic octopus—able to imitate the appearance of swimming flounders and soles—to the aptly named flamboyant cuttlefish, whose undulating waves of color rival the graphic displays of any LCD screen, there are more than seven hundred species of cephalopod. Featuring a selection of species profiles, Octopus, Squid, and Cuttlefish reveals the evolution, anatomy, life history, behaviors, and relationships of these spellbinding animals. Their existence proves that intelligence can develop in very different ways: not only are cephalopods unusually large-brained invertebrates, they also carry two-thirds of their neurons in their arms. A treasure trove of scientific fact and visual explanation, this worldwide illustrated guide to cephalopods offers a comprehensive review of these fascinating and mysterious underwater invertebrates—from the lone hunting of the octopus, to the social squid, and the prismatic skin signaling of the cuttlefish.
