The Soul of an Octopus
A surprising exploration into the wonder of consciousness
Publisher: ATRIA
Type: Hard Cover
Pages: 241
Genre: Non-Fiction
Published: 2015
ISBN: 9781451697711
This book is a nice hardcover and underneath its colourfull dust cover the book is elegant with black cover and silver writing.
As a cute added bonus the corner of each page has a little octopus in it, if you flick the pages the octopus moves. There are also eight full color pages of photographs.
The book is a personal journey of the authors interactions with various octopus. It is a fascinating journey and we grow to know her and her friends which does come to include some cephalopods.
It looks briefly at some octopus legends. It again draws attention to the science establishment and its attempts to minimise the fact that animals show emotion. It brings up some interesting questions about consciousness.
There are a lot of facts scattered throughout the personal story, and the knowledge bombs are dropped smoothly. There is even a little about Na Kika the Octopus God of Gilbert Island.
I recommend this book for anyone interested in animals, consciousness, psychology, octopus, squid, nautiliod, and especially anyone who eats cephalopods. I should point out, the book isn't preachy, that's all me.
Do you care about animals? Then you really shouldn't eat octopus.
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