I think no one can teach another person that.
She is also apparently able to befriend and get close to animals either in confinement or in the wild. She writes well about animal behavior and emotions, not about their anatomy or physiology (although that comes into play very lightly). Her educational background is in psychology and literature which actually make a pretty good fit for what she does. (This sounds like a lot of mush to me.) They cuddle. (omg) and Athena obviously misses her after being apart a several weeks. How the heck does this woman with no formal background in the sciences think she’s a close friend of some octopus named Athena? They bond at first sight.
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness The book is, to me, odd and pretentious enough without the author squeaking her enthusiastic narrative in my ears. I usually listen to audiobooks – and often reading along with them – and this was available in that format, but the voice in the sample was too squeaky for my tastes so I went with the Kindle alone.
So when The Soul of an Octopus turned up on the discussion schedule I approached it with a fairly good attitude. That said (again), I do read whatever folks in the All-nonfiction group decide to read and over the years there have been some really pleasant surprises in the biology department. As I’ve said many times – my choice in nonfiction does NOT run to any form of the life sciences.
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