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Pub. Date
[2023]
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"In Many Things Under a Rock, marine biologist David Scheel investigates four major mysteries about these elusive beings. How can we study an animal with perfect camouflage and secretive habitats? How does a soft and boneless creature defeat sharks and eels, while thriving as a predator of the most heavily armored animals in the sea? How do octopus bodies work? And how does a solitary animal form friendships, entice mates, and outwit rivals? Over...
4) Octopuses
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Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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This book provides information on the physical characteristics, habits, reproduction and predators for the octopus, an invertebrate that is an escape artist.
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
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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.
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"After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine...
10) Uh-Oh Octopus!
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
When a small octopus arrives home one day to find an intruder barricading his entrance, he asks other sea creatures for advice on what to do about the situation.
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Young skeptic Hayward Palmer, who has a logical explanation for everything, is forced to open his mind when he accompanies his father to work at the sensationalistic newspaper "The Daily Comet" and encounters an enormous fact he cannot explain.
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"In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus--a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature--and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. Sy Montgomery's popular 2011 Orion magazine piece, "Deep Intellect," about her friendship with a sensitive, sweet-natured octopus named Athena and the grief she felt at her death,...
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Series
My big fat zombie goldfish volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Tom and Pradeep must prevent Frankie from being eaten by a hungry psychic octopus when they take a trip to the aquarium. Then, all the paranormal pets start to lose their talents when the TV show, My Pet's Got Talent, comes to town.
17) Octopuses
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Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Simple text and supportive images introduce beginning readers to Octopuses. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
18) Octopus escapes!
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Octopus slips out of his tank while the aquarium sleeps, teases the animals in the other displays, and leads the security guard on a merry chase.
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Humankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and sets off a high-stakes global competition to dominate the future. The transnational tech corporation DIANIMA has sealed off the remote Con Dao Archipelago, where a species of octopus has been discovered that may have developed its own language and culture. The marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen, who has spent her life researching cephalopod intelligence,...