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Book

The octopus scientists : exploring the mind of a mollusk

Call Number

  • J 594.56 MONT (OSH)

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Publication Information

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]

Physical Description

71 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.

Audience

Middle School.

Summary

Looks at the work of renowned octopus scientist Jennifer Mather and a team of researchers on the island of Moorea, near Tahiti in the South Pacific, where they work to learn more about octopuses and their behavior.

Notes

CRIOBE stands for Centre de Researches Insulaires et Observatoire de l'Environnement de Polynésie Française (Center for Island Research and Observatory of the French Polynesian Environment).

Contents

  • Meet the octopus team
  • An octet of octo facts
  • CRIOBE
  • How smart is an octopus?
  • Making friends with an octopus
  • How octopuses change color
  • Rainforests of the oceans
  • Octopus influence.

Subjects

Added Authors

Keith A Ellenbogen