作者：SyMontgomery
出版社：AtriaBooks
副标题：ASurprisingExplorationintotheWonderofConsciousness
出版年：2015-5
页数：272
定价：USD19.26
装帧：Hardcover
ISBN：9781451697711
内容简介
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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.
作者简介
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Sy Montgomery is a naturalist, documentary scriptwriter, and author of twenty acclaimed books of nonfiction for adults and children, including the memoir The Good Good Pig, which was a national bestseller. The recipient of numerous honors, including lifetime achievement awards from the Humane Society and the New England Booksellers Association, she lives in New Hampshire with her husband, border collie, and flock of chickens.
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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。
书的前半本部分我听得很专注，但是后来觉得就有一点重复。不过作者对动物可是全心全意地热爱，心也融化了。
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。
作者：“八爪鱼是一种高智商、充满好奇心、且享受独处的动物……水族馆把尚未能饲养在展示水箱里的年幼八爪鱼囚禁在一个狭窄、毫无趣味及互动性可言的桶里，每逢打开盖子之际八爪鱼都明显想逃脱并对围观的人类喷水。”读者（我）：“请问水族馆从伦理和动物福利角度而言是否有值得检讨的地方？”作者：“……”【十分讨人厌的一本书：一来书里的八爪鱼实在太可怜了，二来对于作者私生活及人际关系的描述太多了——还学贷啊寻找人生…
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