turtles, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Killer, ref1
Myrtle, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Verne), ref1
tyrosinase, ref1
U
Under Milk Wood (Thomas), ref1
United Divers, ref1
University of Cambridge, ref1
urchins, ref1, ref2
V
Vancouver Aquarium, ref1, ref2
vasopressin, ref1
Verne, Jules, ref1
Virkon, ref1
Vishnu, ref1
W
Walsh, Brendan, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Warburton, Alexa, ref1, ref2
Wedge, Dave, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Williamson, John, ref1
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, ref1, ref2
Wong, Ken, ref1
Wood, James, ref1, ref2
Woodbury, Janine, ref1, ref2
Y
Ylitalo-Ward, Heather, ref1
Z
Zapato, Lyle, ref1
About the Author
Sy Montgomery is the author of twenty acclaimed books of nonfiction for adults and children. Her memoir for adults, The Good Good Pig, was a national best seller. Her Kakapo Rescue won the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, the highest award given specifically for a book of children’s nonfiction. Montgomery’s Spell of the Tiger was the inspiration for a National Geographic TV documentary of the same name about her work. Her Amazon adventure, Journey of the Pink Dolphins, was called “rhapsodic” (Publishers Weekly), “mesmerizing” (Booklist), and “searching and personal” (The New Yorker), and was a finalist for the London Times Travel Book Award. She is the recipient of numerous other honors, including lifetime achievement awards from the Humane Society of the United States and the New England Booksellers Association, and three honorary degrees.
Sy lives in New Hampshire with her border collie, Sally, her free-range flock of laying hens, and her husband, the writer Howard Mansfield.
List of Illustrations
1. Karma unfurls herself like a silk scarf in the water of her exhibit. Her red color shows her excitement. (© TIANNE STROMBECK)
2. Though Karma was always gentle with us, her 1,600 suckers were capable of tremendous strength. One scientist calculated that the suckers of the much smaller common octopus could exert a quarter ton of force. (© TIANNE STROMBECK)
3. Octavia reaches out of her exhibit to embrace Anna. (PHOTO COURTESY MAGILL-DOHAN FAMILY)
4. Karma kisses Wilson’s finger. Each sucker is capable of an exquisite sense of taste as well as a pincer grip so fine the animal can untie knots. (© TIANNE STROMBECK)
5. Myrtle the green sea turtle is the undisputed queen of the Giant Ocean Tank. Even the sharks (including the bonnethead shark, behind) defer to her. (© JOHANNA BLASI)
6. Smallmouth grunts school in the renovated Giant Ocean Tank. (© JOHANNA BLASI)
7. An octopus’s mouth is in its armpits. Octopuses generally grab prey with their suckers, then pass it from sucker to sucker, as if along a conveyor belt, until it reaches the mouth. Here, Karma enjoys a fish. (© TIANNE STROMBECK)
8. Karma, white and calm, at home in her 560-gallon exhibit. To her right is the male sunflower sea star, who many mistake for an octopus. (© TIANNE STROMBECK)
9. A southern stingray glides by like a magic carpet. Flattened relatives of sharks, several species of rays share the Giant Ocean Tank with the gray angelfish, yellowtail snapper, and parrotfish seen here, and more than 100 other species. (© JOHANNA BLASI)
10. Kali, aptly named after the Hindu goddess of creative destruction, looks up at us mischievously from her barrel. (© TIANNE STROMBECK)
11. Wilson and I commune with Karma. (© TIANNE STROMBECK)
12. Octopuses are curious about their neighbors. In Mooréa, Keith saw an octopus eyeing this grouper with evident interest. (© KEITH ELLENBOGEN)
13. In Mooréa, one octopus (left) moved into position for a better look at Keith as he took photographs. Note the second octopus, at bottom right. (© KEITH ELLENBOGEN)
14. The author swimming with a wild octopus in Mooréa. Though the female in the foreground had lost parts of several arms to a predator, she was still wonderfully curious and bold. (© DAVID SCHEEL)
15. Octavia cradles her eggs, the light-colored masses hanging like clusters of grapes and spilling out from between her arms in the upper left of center. What some visitors may mistake for two closed eyelids is actually the horizontal pupil. (© TIANNE STROMBECK.)
1. Karma unfurls herself like a silk scarf in the water of her exhibit. Her red color shows her excitement. (© TIANNE STROMBECK)
2. Though Karma was always gentle with us, her 1,600 suckers were capable of tremendous strength. One scientist calculated that the suckers of the much smaller common octopus could exert a quarter ton of force. (© TIANNE STROMBECK)
3. Octavia reaches out of her exhibit to embrace Anna. (PHOTO COURTESY MAGILL-DOHAN FAMILY)
4. Karma kisses Wilson’s finger. Each sucker is capable of an exquisite sense of taste as well as a pincer grip so fine the animal can untie knots. (© TIANNE STROMBECK)
5. Myrtle the green sea turtle is the undisputed queen of the Giant Ocean Tank. Even the sharks (including the bonnethead shark, behind) defer to her. (© JOHANNA BLASI)
6. Smallmouth grunts school in the renovated Giant Ocean Tank. (© JOHANNA BLASI)
7. An octopus’s mouth is in its armpits. Octopuses generally grab prey with their suckers, then pass it from sucker to sucker, as if along a conveyor belt, until it reaches the mouth. Here, Karma enjoys a fish. (© TIANNE STROMBECK)
8. Karma, white and calm, at home in her 560-gallon exhibit. To her right is the male sunflower sea star, who many mistake for an octopus. (© TIANNE STROMBECK)
9. A southern stingray glides by like a magic carpet. Flattened relatives of sharks, several species of rays share the Giant Ocean Tank with the gray angelfish, yellowtail snapper, and parrotfish seen here, and more than 100 other species. (© JOHANNA BLASI)
10. Kali, aptly named after the Hindu goddess of creative destruction, looks up at us mischievously from her barrel. (© TIANNE STROMBECK)
11. Wilson and I commune with Karma. (© TIANNE STROMBECK)
12. Octopuses are curious about their neighbors. In Mooréa, Keith saw an octopus eyeing this grouper with evident interest. (© KEITH ELLENBOGEN)
13. In Mooréa, one octopus (left) moved into position for a better look at Keith as he took photographs. Note the second octopus, at bottom right. (© KEITH ELLENBOGEN)
14. The author swimming with a wild octopus in Mooréa. Though the female in the foreground had lost parts of several arms to a predator, she was still wonderfully curious and bold. (© DAVID SCHEEL)
15. Octavia cradles her eggs, the light-colored masses hanging like clusters of grapes and spilling out from between her arms in the upper left of center. What some visitors may mistake for two closed eyelids is actually the horizontal pupil. (© TIANNE STROMBECK.)
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