THE SOUL OF AN OCTOPUS

In 2011 Sy Montgomery wrote a feature for Orion magazine entitled 'Deep Intellect' about her friendship with a sensitive, sweet-natu red octopus named Athena and the grief she felt at her death. It went viral, indicating the widespread fascination with these myster ious, almost alien-like creatures. Since then Sy has practised true immersion journalism, from New England aquarium tanks to the ree fs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, pursuing these wild, solitary shape-shifters. Octopuses have varied personalities and intel...[Read more]