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Book

Octopus ocean : geniuses of the deep

Call Number

  • J 594.56 LEIR (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)

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Publication Information

[Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, 2025.

Physical Description

93 pages : color illustrations, color photographs ; 24 cm

Series

Orca wild

Summary

"Part of the nonfiction Orca Wild series for middle-grade readers and illustrated with color photographs throughout, this book introduces kids to octopuses all over the world. It discusses octopus habitat, biology and threats to survival, and how scientists, conservationists and young people are working to protect octopuses everywhere."--

Contents

  • Introduction: Octopus teaching
  • Eight lives
  • Thinking like an octopus
  • Inside the octopus
  • The original octopus
  • Octopus gardens
  • Octopus celebrities
  • Octopus teachers
  • Eight amazing octopuses
  • The kraken, devil fish and alien octopuses
  • Squid squads
  • Predators and prey
  • Octopuses and us.

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