Octopus: The Ocean's Intelligent Invertebrate

Octopus: The Ocean's Intelligent Invertebrate by Jennifer A. Mather (Author), Roland C. Anderson (Author), James B. Wood (Author). The visually arresting and sometimes misunderstood octopus has lengthy captured common imagination. With an alien look and an uncanny intellect, this exceptional sea creature has impressed concern in famous lore and legends - from the enormous octopus assault in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to Ursula the sea witch in The Little Mermaid. But its true nature is more wondrous still. After a long time of analysis, the authors reveal a delicate, curious, and playful animal with outstanding intelligence, a capability to defend itself with camouflage and jet propulsion, an intricate nervous system, and advanced drawback-solving abilities.

On this superbly photographed e-book, three leading marine biologists convey reader's nose to nose with these amazing advanced animals that have fascinated scientists for decades. From the molluscan ancestry of at this time’s octopus to its ingenious anatomy, superb mating and predatory behaviors, and other-worldly kinfolk, the authors take readers via the astounding life cycle, uncovering the main points of distinctive octopus personalities. With personal narratives, underwater research, gorgeous closeup pictures, and considerate steerage for conserving octopuses in captivity, Octopus is the first complete natural historical past of this smart denizen of the sea.

Octopus: The Ocean's Clever Invertebrate offers an excellent nature historical past of the octopus, pairing pretty images with the insights of three leading marine biologists to offer normal readers a simple introduction to octopus purge history. From its evolution and historical past to its anatomy, behaviors and more, this provides the first in-depth, dedicated natural historical past of the octopus and is a pick for any normal science or lending library's collection.

This ebook is definitely worth the price for the pictures alone, and is worth the value for the text alone. All three authors are recognized specialists in their fields. The writing is entertaining, without talking right down to well-educated readers. How I'd love to be a scuba diver so I might go to these amazing creatures in their pure homes! The next smartest thing is to go to them in respect aquariums and to savor this book.

Entertaining and intellectual, THE greatest e-book on octopus by far. Written in a kind that can be enjoyed by each most people and people with a scientific background. All animals are attention-grabbing, but I by no means thought I might "like" an invertebrate. 

Octopus: The Ocean's Intelligent Invertebrate 

Jennifer A. Mather (Author), Roland C. Anderson (Author), James B. Wood (Author)

240 pages

Timber Press; 1St Edition edition (May 21, 2010)

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