The Soul of an Octopus - Sy Montogomery - Part 4

The Soul of an Octopus - Sy Montogomery

2017 Reading Challenge - Day 118

  April 28, 2017 

Book 34 - The Soul of an Octopus -
A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

Sy Montgomery (2015)
 Part 4 - pages 180-241
Reading Time - 2 hours

More octopus adventures - this time the author went diving down in Moorea, a former French colony down in the South Pacific. It sound beautiful and amazing.

Back at the Boston aquarium, they had to replace their octopus inventory with a fresh one caught from British Columbia. Apparently we have some of the Giant Pacific Octopus in our coastal waters. I feel kind of sad for the octopus that get caught and then sent off to some aquarium. Although... they are likened to ambassadors from an alien world. Teaching people about octopus and overcoming their disgust is important.

When you think that we've really only explored 5% of the oceans of our planet... it makes me wonder what else is down there. And why we would think intelligence is limited to land mammals like us. This book made me think and it opened a window into another world.