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6. the outermost house by henry beston
7. the lives of a cell by lewis thomas
8. the edgee of the sea by rachel carson (and silent spring)
9. lilly on dolphins by john lilly
10. life on a little known planet by howard ensign evans

for further reading that pushed her to embark on a career of studying animals/natural world:
1. never cry wolf by farley moat "never let the facts get in the way of the truth" (to move readers to action, a book must have facts and emotional resonance)
2. my life w the chimpanzees by jane goodall
3. gorillas in the mist by diane fossey
4. of wolves and men by barry lopez
5. king solomon's ring by konrad lorenz

Thurber, a puppy she didn't expect to adopt right after the death of her previous dog, showed her that you never know what might happen next in life--it could be that something wonderful is right around the corner. and a teacher may find you even when you're not ready to be a student :')

ch10 Thurber (border collie with a zest for life)

- sometimes octopi steal GoPros and cameras from divers and sometimes they tug on the divers' face masks or regulators.
- they take coconut halves to pull the two halves together around them to build a hut.
- they also bring stones back to their dens to build a wall
- they play with Mr. Potato Heads and legos
- after unscrewing jar lids to eat the crabs encased inside, they screw the lid back on afterwards

3/5 of their neurons aren't in the brains but in their ARMS ?? how r we living on the same earth as octopi

from one calculation, an octopus's arms can pull 100x its own weight DAMN

ch 10: octavia (giant pacific octopus) and predecessor Athena

didn't know they had beaks lol

ch8 chris and tess (cont)

ch6-7: dogs named Tess (smart)and Sally (playful), love unconditionally

ch 5: ermine taught her forgiveness, awe, appreciation

ch 4: author found a 2 year old goliath bird eager tarantula whose abdomen was the size of a CLEMENTINE

ch 4 clara belle: a pink toe tarantula (docile, seldom bite) who taught the author about unlikely lives who loved their lives as much as we do. the world brims with much more life than suspected

ch3 christopher hogwood: a pig she(?) and her husband nursed back to health who gave her a family not from genes or blood but from love <3

lessons learned from author
terrier: showed author destiny to work with animals
emus: let author stroll on the path to their destiny, learned curiosity/skill/intellect/open mind and heart are needed to begin to understand the life of any animal
btw im terrified of emus. i looked up a photo to ensure i was still scared. and i am

ch2: emus

ch1: scottish terrier "molly"

the authors mom created outfits and furniture for their scottie, Molly :') thats so cute i can't omg

they swam with piranhas and electric eels to learn ab pink dolphins in the amazon. thats brave asf😭😭"when the student is ready, a teacher will appear" and i bet the teachers are the animals ope in the middle of typing this i found out i was right hehe