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. The book covers a number of years and the octopuses come and go, partly because they have quite a short lifespan, about 3 years, something I never would have expected. Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2017. This is a well-written book exploring the world of octopuses, chiefly the giant pacific octopuses that live in the New England aquarium. I'm now hungry to find out more! The book covers a number of years and the octopuses come and go, partly because they have quite a short lifespan, about 3 years, something I never would have expected.
Until I read ‘The Soul of an Octopus’, by Sy Montgomery, talented amateur scientist (journalist) octopuses were almost not ever in my thoughts in any way. I felt the editorial reviews were misleading. The octopus has always fascinated me and this book has only deepened that fascination so much so that on completion I enrolled on a marine and Antartic aquatic course. The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery is an entertaining, highly personal, and very informative look at the intelligence and consciousness of one of the worlds most fascinating animals. If you took the monsters’ point of view, everything they did made perfect sense. Since my last visit to a large aquarium I have been fascinated by octopuses, and this book has deepened and strengthened my love for them, along with all sea creatures, and made me feel so much more connected to their world. I was looking for more science, more facts then offered. Even as a child, I had rooted for Godzilla and King Kong instead of for the people trying to kill them. Actually, I've loved all the books I've read by Sy Montgomery. Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2016. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Octopuses get a bum rap in popular culture. She is the author of 13 award-winning books, including her national best-selling memoir, “If you took the monsters' point of view, everything they did made perfect sense. Interesting book, could do with more depth, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2018. Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2018. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Please try again. The author takes us on a journey through her own discovery of these amazing animals - she even learns to scuba dive in order to gain a deeper (pardon the pun) understanding of their world.
If rats don't take over, than surely the octopus will once we are gone. Thinking she was dead, I would scrape her into a dustpan and put her back in the aquarium where she would come to life -- unhappily. Sy becomes very well acquainted with a few octopuses in particular, and her interactions with them are fascinating. For a hot second I imagin. As I have learned in reading this book, this was a serious deficiency in my education. It is a remarkably complete and wide-ranging view of the octopus from just about every angle. (Also, the answer is NO. The descriptions of the octupuses were beautiful and the discussions about their habits, emotions, and intelligence were very interesting. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness. This was informative, thought-provoking, and absolutely beautiful. A touching story of one dog's quest for love. This is a truly marvellous book as moving as it is scientifically informing. It is easy to read and has been a good escape on my lunch and on busy days, leaving me with a constant stream of questions about consciousness, inter-species communication. In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. and references a few philosophers of mind (e.g. Had no idea that octopuses (yes that's the correct way to spell the plural) could be so interesting. And the informal conversational style makes it very readable too. For me, the big elephant in the room, lightly glossed over from time to time, was the whole issue around capturing such an intelligent animal from the wild and keeping it in a fairly barren and unstimulating aquarium (or pickle barrel!!). It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. This book allowed me a look into a world entirely unknown to me, the oceanic world of octopuses (and yes, it is 'octopuses', not 'octopi'). Most of the Octopuses intimately investigated in the book were wild caught and are now captive in public aquariums, namely the New England Aquarium in Boston. See all 6 questions about The Soul of an Octopus…, The Natural World: Natural Science and Natural History for Adults, Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazon Quest, Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know, The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins, Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness, (Poll Ballot Tally) The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery - 4 stars, The 40 Most Popular Horror Novels of the Last 5 Years.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2017. It tries to get as close as t possible to trying to understand the emotional inner life of the octopus without anthropomorphising. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 16, 2017. Very easy to read. "We thought she was younger," she said in a sad whisper as our eyes met. If rats don't take over, than surely the octopus will once we are gone. So surprising to learn how clever these creatures are, the variations in size, from six inches with 23 inch tentacles to the giants of the sea. This really seemed to fit the bill and I really grit my teeth to hear this review, and the comments, because I feel it in my bones to be accurate. THEY HAVE NEURONS IN THEIR ARMS!) This bar-code number lets you verify that you're getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. Sy Montgomery weaves a story that centers on her connections with various octopuses at the New England Aquarium in Boston to show how intelligent and interactive these cephalopods actually are. The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness. If you find that bit of writing as tiresome and mind-numbing as I do, then do not buy this book. Thinking she was dead, I would scrape her into a dustpan and put her back in the aquarium where she would come to life -- unhappily. The ultimate resource on what the land, sun, moon, stars, plants, animals, and clouds can reveal. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. I once kept an octopus in a sea water aquarium. The octopuses are able to solve puzzles quickly and have complex social interactions with people, most of their time is spent in the unchanging environment of the aquarium. The octopuses are able to solve puzzles quickly and have complex social interactions with people, most of their time is spent in the unchanging environment of the aquarium. and an extremely enthusiastic octopus-loving author. I was hoping to learn more about the lives of octopuses, but instead I most of the story was about someone visiting several octopuses in an aquarium. The science is accessible without being dumb, and at the same time Montgomery brings the octopuses (NOT octopi!) Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. The title is somehow misleading: it is more of an exploration into the author’s feelings and her excitement when meeting an octopus. Atria Books; Reprint Edition (April 5, 2016), Previous page of related Sponsored Products. I did not find Sy Montgomery to be a good writer. Thomas Nagel) in passing. For awhile, I wanted to be a marine biologist but I knew I wouldn't want to spend my time killing and cutting up living creatures to "scientifically" study them. Like aliens from our own planet.
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