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Class 6 Lessons from the Deep Sy Montgomery

 Lessons from the Deep Sy Montgomery

This is an account of the author’s experience with studying octopuses and what she learned in the process. While most people do not think much of octopuses, the author discovers them to be emotional, curious, intelligent and playful. She finds that each octopus has its own unique personality, just like a human being.

The first giant pacific Octopus that she meets is an elderly female called Athena. She describes how Athena had turned red with excitement and rushed to greet her. With her powerful and sensitive suckers, she had tried to feel and sense as much as she can about the author. The next octopus is called Octavia. Unlike Athena, she had been reluctant to meet the author at first but later nearly pulled her into the tank. At one point, she had even stolen the bucket of fish from the author while she was being fed. The author uses this example to illustrate the high intelligence of octopuses and goes on to explain that they can solve puzzles, open locks and even childproof caps on pill bottles. She then describes a young octopus called Kali who managed to train the author and another volunteer into feeding her before they played with her. If they did not follow this order, she would blast them with cold sea water. If her play time ended sooner than she liked, she would even try and escape the tank. She then describes how similar she is to Kali in that they both love to play and also appreciate each other’s intelligence. She is amazed by this because octopuses are physically so different from humans. This makes her realise that she finds these differences thrilling.

The author’s experiences with the octopuses makes her realise that we love each other for our similarities as well as our differences. She understands that intelligence is present in nature in so many different ways. She also realises we share the ability to feel emotions with more creatures than we imagine.

The writer’s recounts her experiences with the octopuses with great love and affection which helps us see them the way she does. Through this text, we learn about the fascinating ways in which other life forms around us have evolved and survive. The text also teaches us to see and appreciate intelligence in nature in different animals.  

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