![]() ![]() ![]() The aptly-named giant Pacific octopus Octavia comes alive in the book (as do other octopuses) with a unique personality that responds to Montgomery in poignant ways, as I described in my review for the Times Literary Supplement last week: Montgomery offers a unique window into octopus behavior and intelligence through elegant descriptions - both science-based and emotional - of her extended encounters with octopuses while going behind the scenes at Boston's New England Aquarium and diving in Polynesian waters. As I wrote here at 13.7 last month, after a morning at my local aquarium, I have fallen hard for all things octopus. ![]() I'll be cheering for Montgomery's book to climb even higher in the ranks. This past Sunday, an invertebrate cracked the top group.Ĭoming in 10th - after books about birds, dogs, wolves, sheep and elephants - was Sy Montgomery's The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration in the Wonder of Consciousness. Once a month, The New York Times Book Review includes animals as a category in its best-selling books list. ![]()
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