The soul of an octopus

The soul of an octopus Order Description Common Read Research Project THIS PAPER IS A WAY TO CELEBRATE THE CURIOSITY AND INTELLIGENCE THAT IS POSSIBLE FROM UNEXPECTED DOMAINS Page 1** Choose from the list below to research as your page 2 analysis. You are also welcome to come up with your own social theme that this list may inspire you to consider. “The greatest relationships are the ones you never expected to be in.” (social) What love might be/feel like in interspecies relationships? (friendships) How to be a “good” creature, considering humans are creatures, too. Do octopus have relationships with each other? With humans? Consider components of communication. When an octopus escapes, it’s not unhappy, it is just curious. (“Like astronauts who don’t go into space because they hate earth, they go because they are curious.”) Love might feel different to some species, but must be one of the first things innate to living beings. Love’s first object in evolution is to protect offspring. Octopus sacrifices her life for her eggs. Does this mean love? Is this also absolute fulfillment? This research link will be cited as one of your three sources, on the annotated bibliography. Page 2** Choose from the list below to research as your page 3 analysis. You are also welcome to come up with your own point of view that this list may inspire you to consider. (Idea: write from the perspective of an octopus, or any “other” frame of mind.) Looking through a different lens. (curiosity) What can humans learn from octopus? Consider the value of other lives, lives unlike ourselves. The concept of “other.” What character can you identify with and why? Some (octopus) go “insane” by boredom in captivity. (Consider, too, most captive animals, or humans!) How can we be open to more creative possibilities? Octopus in literature, as symbolism, as metaphor, etc. This research link will be cited as one of your three sources, on the annotated bibliography. Page 3** Choose from the list below to research as your page 4 analysis. You are also welcome to come up with your own science-based theme that this list might inspire you to consider. “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” (biology) Pacific and Atlantic Ocean life is not interchangeable. How to adjust from captive to natural release. If octopus could make music... Why do octopus interact with humans? Do they particularly like them, or just like to play? Octopus can’t play with each other because they eat each other. (You might apply this to the importance of play for all species.) Each animal in this world is an individual, “even baby lobsters!” Metaphor of how octopus change color and shape to survive. Apply this to humans, the social masks we display, perhaps as a means of survival. This research link will be cited as one of your three sources, on the annotated bibliography. Annotated bibliography, include three resources with annotation. An annotated bibliography rubric will also be posted. Basically, format your citation properly and then write a paragraph that explains how each source was useful in a unique way, and why it is credible. I’d like you to have various formats if possible, such as book, article, film, web, etc.