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August 8, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT
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Join us on Sunday, August 8th at 2pm at Volunteer Park for a discussion of “The Soul of an Octopus” by Sy Montgomery!
At this time, we are limiting the meeting to fully vaccinated members only. You’ll need to bring your vaccination card to the meetup. If you’d like to bring a food item or beverage to share with the rest of the group, sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nvgmWIHMH7trg1tR2VAafRjy1HTBIeE58rWq9Q7_lCI/edit?usp=sharing
Hope to see you in August!
Description of the book:
In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities—gentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple “sleights of hand” to get food.
Scientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal’s color-changing techniques. With her “joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures” (Library Journal Editors’ Spring Pick), Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.