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Many Things Under a Rock by David Scheel is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Many Things Under a Rock about?

A behavioral ecologist's riveting account of his decades-long obsession with octopuses: his discoveries, adventures, and new scientific understanding of their behaviors.Of all the creatures of the deep blue, none is as captivating as the octopus. 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 the course of his twenty-five years studying octopuses, Scheel has witnessed a sea change in what we know and are able to discover about octopus physiology and behavior—even an octopus's inner life. Here he explores amazing new scientific developments,...

Who reads Many Things Under a Rock?

Author

David Scheel

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published

2023

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Nature, Natural History, Stem