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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)

ch 5: ermine taught her forgiveness, awe, appreciation