章鱼星人 英文原版 The Soul of an Octopus 海洋动物科普 赛蒙哥玛丽 英文版进口英语书籍
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书名:The Soul of an Octopus章鱼星人
作者:Sy Montgomery
出版社名称:Atria Books
出版时间:2016
语种:英语
ISBN:9781451697728
商品尺寸:14 x 1.8 x 21.3 cm
包装:平装
页数:272(以实物为准)
如果你喜欢《海底总动员》章鱼汉克、《海绵宝宝》的章鱼哥、甚至算命仙章鱼保罗,
就该知道章鱼都超有个性!
★《纽约时报》畅销书、《美国国家图书奖》非小说类入围
先动手画画看,你心目中的章鱼是什么样子?
看一下,你是否画了一只圆滚滚的「头」、长在中间的眼睛与翘嘴,下端才是八爪的章鱼呢?其实,他们眼睛长在zui上、腕足则接续眼部往前延伸、身躯(外套膜)则接在后面。所以我们一开始就误会大了。现在,让我们来重新认识这个奇妙的生物吧!
•章鱼有三个心脏。
•他们的视觉是广角的,成像无盲点。
•墨汁含有多巴胺,毒液既麻痺又快乐,却也会毒到自己。
•人类的脑叶只有四个;章鱼有五十到七十个。
•每只腕足都有成排吸盘,他们一共超过上千个吸盘,吸力上百公斤。
•善于伪装;可变化三十种以上的图案、每次变色只要0.7秒。
•一生只交配一次,当所有章鱼宝宝都诞生后随即死去。
从摆脱外壳开始,章鱼就让自己越来越聪明!
不论是随时准备「逃跑中」、躲在缝隙中闭门独处、还是教训了想偷吃卵的海星,
你不得不揣想,章鱼是否已经演化出丰富的内心世界,要用他灵活的八爪智取天下?
跟头足纲的其他先祖鹦鹉螺、菊石的坚硬外壳不同,章鱼在演化过程中,摆脱了外壳,以换取更大的活动自由;同时间,章鱼也让自己变成了「一大袋营养的蛋白质」。章鱼明白自己很脆弱,因此发展出目不暇给的防御功能,从脑、眼、脚到神经,章鱼成为头足纲里公认zui聪明的动物。许多科学家也开始以章鱼为实验,藉此了解动物的智力发展。
然而,章鱼就只有「聪明」而已吗?他们是否有认知与自我意识呢?作者赛蒙哥马利身为一名自然的爱好者,以感性的笔调,前往波士顿的新英格兰水族馆一探究竟。在短短两年的时间内,蒙哥马利接触到水族馆前后到来的四只章鱼,她发现这四只章鱼都有鲜明的个性、拥有不同的喜好,透过他们「百工」的八只腕足去感应他们周遭的世界。蒙哥马利还为了接触野生章鱼,勤习潜水,陆续前往加勒比海与大溪地进行探访与研究。
伴随新英格兰水族馆里的章鱼生老病死,蒙哥马利体会到,我们或许难以完全解析章鱼的内心在想什么,但章鱼以「自己的方式」来跟人类互动,并在这个水族馆里诞生了种种奇迹,不管是换水槽栖地时聆听饲养员的指示,或用腕足跟一名发展障碍的游客当朋友,章鱼疗癒著志工、饲养员,当然还有蒙哥马利。跟着她,我们深入章鱼的内心活动,重新认识动物,并且建立与动物平等共处的空间。
Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * Starred Booklist and Library Journal Editors’ Spring Pick * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year
“Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors.” —New Statesman, UK
“One of the best science books of the year.” —Science Friday, NPR
Another New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig, this “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” (Daily Beast) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans.
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.

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