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  1. The Lives of Octopuses and Their Relatives : A Natural History of Cephalopods

    Staaf, Danna
    Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2023]

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  2. The lady and the octopus : how Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented aquariums and revolutionized marine biology

    Staaf, Danna
    Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, [2022]

    "Follow the remarkable journey of Jeanne Villepreux-Power from her childhood in a small French village to her life as a naturalist in nineteenth century Messina, Sicily, where she conducted groundbreaking research and invented aquariums."--Provided by publisher

  3. Monarchs of the sea : the extraordinary 500-million-year history of cephalopods

    Staaf, Danna
    Revised edition - New York, NY : The Experiment, [2020]

    "A history spanning from the mollusks that invented swimming to the octopuses and other intelligent cephalopods of today."--An epic and fun history spanning from the mollusks that invented swimming to the octopuses and other intelligent cephalopods of today Publisher's Note: Monarchs of the Sea was previously published in hardcover as Squid Empire. Before mammals, there were dinosaurs. And before dinosaurs, there were cephalopods--the ancestors of modern squid, octopuses, and more creatures--Earth's first truly substantial animals. Essentially inventing the act of swimming, cephalopods presided over an undersea empire for millions of years--until fish evolved jaws, and cephalopods had to step up their game or risk being eaten. To keep up, some streamlined their shells and added defensive spines, while others abandoned the shell, opening the gates to a flood of evolutionary innovations: masterful camouflage, fin-supplemented jet propulsion, and intelligence we've yet to fully measure. Monarchs of the Sea is an epic, witty history about these bizarre but beautiful creatures that ruled the seas--and still captivate us today.

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