Orion magazine’s email today was entitled “What has eight legs and three hearts?” They referenced a Sy Montgomery article, “Deep Intellect,” from the magazine some years back. They say it is the most read Orion article of all time.
Since today is World Octopus Day, they reached out to her again and she wrote a new article, “Why I Need You to Take World Octopus Day Seriously.”
After reading Montgomery’s “Soul of an Octopus,” and then “Other Minds” by Peter Godfrey-Smith, I’m a huge octopus fan. (I confess I even almost bought an octopus toilet paper holder from one of those catalogs that show up in the mailbox.)
I mean, how can you not love a creature with three hearts!?!
So, to celebrate World Octopus Day, I’m sharing Orion magazine’s (and Sy Montgomery’s) lovely octopus offerings, in case you missed that it is World Octopus Day and that is something to celebrate!