In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans.
Sy Montgomery’s popular 2011 Orion magazine piece, “Deep Intellect,” about her friendship with a sensitive, sweet-natured octopus named Athena and the grief she felt at her death, went viral, indicating the widespread fascination with these mysterious, almost alien-like creatures. Since then Sy has practiced true immersion journalism, from New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, pursuing these wild, solitary shape-shifters. Octopuses have varied personalities and intelligence they show in myriad ways: endless trickery to escape enclosures and get food; jetting water playfully to bounce objects like balls; and evading caretakers by using a scoop net as a trampoline and running around the floor on eight arms. But with a beak like a parrot, venom like a snake, and a tongue covered with teeth, how can such a being know anything? And what sort of thoughts could it think?
The intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees was only recently accepted by scientists, who now are establishing the intelligence of the octopus, watching them solve problems and deciphering the meaning of their color-changing camouflage techniques. Montgomery chronicles this growing appreciation of the octopus, but also tells a love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about consciousness and the meeting of two very different minds.
0 有用 Em_爪爪 2015-12-16 13:34:25
安静地每日阅读一点,有些不舍地看完了这本书。一直对章鱼有着特殊的感情,随着作者的经历,感同身受般地和octavia, Kali, karma “相遇”,意识到我们竟然如此的相似,却又如此的不同。当好奇慢慢转变为越来越多的理解,慢慢体会到灵魂的存在于我,于它都是一样的。
0 有用 Waiwai 2021-08-25 11:12:14
并不值得一读系列…全书都是作者自作多情吧,章鱼才懒得理你。
2 有用 小波福娃 2018-01-07 20:26:20
自从小时候爱上了一本科普老读物《章鱼家族趣谈》,时隔多年仍念念不忘,最近遇到了又一本讲章鱼的科普佳作,怎讲,如果小美人鱼要在海里养个猫,可能会养章鱼吧。作者算是趣味科普畅销书中的常客了,希望引进。
0 有用 诺阿诺阿 2024-04-25 10:27:10 陕西
怪不得Sy Montgomery这么有名!写的确实好,文笔也超好。有脑补的内容但是都会明确写出来这是我根据哪些依据脑补的,所以科学性也有。章鱼真的超可爱,智商真的好高,技能包丰富,会使用工具还会开螃蟹农场,快进入农业时代文明了。。
0 有用 gastlygem 2016-01-15 09:00:52
#2016#年读完的第一本书。作者很会讲故事,导致我词穷了。
0 有用 诺阿诺阿 2024-04-25 10:27:10 陕西
怪不得Sy Montgomery这么有名!写的确实好,文笔也超好。有脑补的内容但是都会明确写出来这是我根据哪些依据脑补的,所以科学性也有。章鱼真的超可爱,智商真的好高,技能包丰富,会使用工具还会开螃蟹农场,快进入农业时代文明了。。
1 有用 国大海 2023-11-05 15:45:29 上海
很期待的一本书,主题有趣,却被作者写得如此干瘪。同意豆友的评论 八抓鱼才不jb care about u呢 😂 读了最后一章的一半,弃。
0 有用 Waiwai 2021-08-25 11:12:14
并不值得一读系列…全书都是作者自作多情吧,章鱼才懒得理你。
0 有用 J 2021-06-05 20:35:44
A lovely personal story of visiting aquarium and learning about octopus, a fascinating species, and along the way, bonding with various octopuses and people who care for them and care about them. Quit... A lovely personal story of visiting aquarium and learning about octopus, a fascinating species, and along the way, bonding with various octopuses and people who care for them and care about them. Quite meditative. (展开)
0 有用 Rosalinde 2021-05-08 12:32:42
人类试图解读章鱼,最终使用了人类的认识方式,并没有什么很新颖的地方,好奇如果章鱼有语言,会如何解释人类所谓的“亲近”“玩耍”“自由”etc. 不过确实了解到了章鱼的可爱与迷人之处,作者虽然想结合自己的生活谈章鱼,不过写得还挺琐碎的,感觉没有很好融合。