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Rendezvous mit einem Oktopus: Extrem schlau und unglaublich empfindsam: Das erstaunliche Seelenleben der Kraken
Sy Montgomery
3.89 AVERAGE
2.42k reviews for:
Rendezvous mit einem Oktopus: Extrem schlau und unglaublich empfindsam: Das erstaunliche Seelenleben der Kraken
Sy Montgomery
3.89 AVERAGE
I liked it but it didn't grip me as I expected. I feel like I've read books that were just like it. Wanted less diving memoir and more science/understanding of marine life
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What a beautiful book, my goodness. The interspecies affection is palpable through the pages, and I felt myself unable to stop reading. I really enjoyed this.
I picked this up in a free community library box. 3.5 stars. A quick read about the world behind the scenes in an aquarium. Learned some fun facts about octopus but overall something about the tone and author didn’t strike me. More a memoir of the year or two the author spent hanging out at the aquarium and learning to dive then a surprising exploration of the wonder of consciousness. It will go back to a free community library box.
I wish there was more science and less memoir. Otherwise it was a good book.
Reading this book was like a pleasant conversation with a good friend who had some cool experiences. It was nice to read, but I wanted more rigorous science.
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One of the best science books I’ve read. This is a beautiful ode to one of the most intelligent marine animals. It portrayed the highs and lows of bonding with an animal, but Montgomery wrote with pure love for her octopuses. A very good read!!
I loved every moment. I cannot wait to visit the aquarium and meet everyone inside! Thank you for opening up the world a little more!
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I found this book charming, compassionate, curious, funny, and informative. I don't love nature so up close and personal. I much prefer to admire, respect, and fear it from a distance. I even hate walking on grass. I need solid ground, and grass always feels mushy, especially after rain, and I'm always afraid of what is lurking in the blades and under the dirt, any of which might make its way onto me somehow. A friend's mom lost all her teeth as a weird side effect of Lyme disease. So yeah, nature can stand WAY over there, and I can stand WAY over here, and that's how I'm comfortable. I make exceptions for friends' pets, but I really only like dogs and tolerate all others out of my love for my friends. Plus, as much as I like to feel safe from animals, I also am very uncomfortable when they are caged as pets.
So I had deeply conflicting feelings about this book. On the one hand, I would have much preferred all the observations and learnings to have been done in the open water, but I realize that creates problems for marine biologists. I believe all creatures should have the freedom to roam, to live as they want, to live where they want. We can try to recreate natural habitats as much as possible, but in the end, they know they are confined. They know they are beasts of burden and/or subjugation of some sort. I'm so saddened for them, and yet, how would we understand them if we could not study them? I can't even take my kids to the zoo without feeling conflicted, like we've kidnapped them and cruelly relocated them (because that's exactly what we've done!). However, for as long as we are going to confine them, we have a responsibility to care for them, which I think all the scientists in the book have done well. I was also glad that they (most of them, anyway) and the author develop attachments, some might even say relationships, with their animal subjects. I feel like if we are going to entrap them like this, then it's up to us to have compassion for them, treat them with respect, and mourn them when they expire. Anyone in the business who don't are heartless animal Nazis. (Wow, I had no idea I could be so judgy about this subject until just now!)
Reading this book, I couldn't help but think of Dory's friend Hank. The ending of that movie is exactly what I envision for all incarcerated animals.
I did learn a lot, and I am really glad I'm a vegetarian. Every time I see people eat meat, I feel so sorry for them (the animals - not the eaters). My dad and uncle LOVED eating octopus. One time, we were visiting relatives in Korea, and my uncle trying to feed us live baby octopus in Korea one year (a delicacy). Freaked my brother out, and I again was glad to opt out respectfully as a vegetarian. Next time I see someone eating octopus, I'll be remembering this book and all the complexities and higher functions and intelligence octopus have.
So I had deeply conflicting feelings about this book. On the one hand, I would have much preferred all the observations and learnings to have been done in the open water, but I realize that creates problems for marine biologists. I believe all creatures should have the freedom to roam, to live as they want, to live where they want. We can try to recreate natural habitats as much as possible, but in the end, they know they are confined. They know they are beasts of burden and/or subjugation of some sort. I'm so saddened for them, and yet, how would we understand them if we could not study them? I can't even take my kids to the zoo without feeling conflicted, like we've kidnapped them and cruelly relocated them (because that's exactly what we've done!). However, for as long as we are going to confine them, we have a responsibility to care for them, which I think all the scientists in the book have done well. I was also glad that they (most of them, anyway) and the author develop attachments, some might even say relationships, with their animal subjects. I feel like if we are going to entrap them like this, then it's up to us to have compassion for them, treat them with respect, and mourn them when they expire. Anyone in the business who don't are heartless animal Nazis. (Wow, I had no idea I could be so judgy about this subject until just now!)
Reading this book, I couldn't help but think of Dory's friend Hank. The ending of that movie is exactly what I envision for all incarcerated animals.
I did learn a lot, and I am really glad I'm a vegetarian. Every time I see people eat meat, I feel so sorry for them (the animals - not the eaters). My dad and uncle LOVED eating octopus. One time, we were visiting relatives in Korea, and my uncle trying to feed us live baby octopus in Korea one year (a delicacy). Freaked my brother out, and I again was glad to opt out respectfully as a vegetarian. Next time I see someone eating octopus, I'll be remembering this book and all the complexities and higher functions and intelligence octopus have.