A giant Pacific octopus shows its colors at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.Monterey Bay Aquarium
While other octopus books study the animal’s behavior in aquaria or tropical waters worldwide, Dr. David Scheel, a professor of Marine Biology at Alaska Pacific University, takes a unique approach in his first book, Many Things Under a Rock. He travels to extreme places in the Pacific Northwest where one may not expect these creatures to live, but they have for approximately 330 million years
“I think it is a little surprising to some people that octopuses live in cold water,” Scheel told Ars. “It might
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