Introduces the letter "o" through a story in which Olive the octopus causes an outrageous accident when she tries to juggle. Includes an illustration with "o" items to find.
Superman, Batman and the rest of their CD Super Friends team up to stop the nefarious Black Manta, who has stolen the world's largest pearl and unleashed a deadly giant octopus.
Young skeptic Hayward Palmer, who has a logical explanation for everything, is forced to open his mind when he accompanies his father to work at the sensationalistic newspaper "The Daily Comet" and encounters an enormous fact he cannot explain.
Explores efforts to study and understand the biology of the octopus and examines the place this creature has within various myths and legends invented by various societies. Outlines efforts to recreate octopuses' unique physical characteristics, such as their camouflage and regeneration abilities, and includes black-and-white photographs.
Provides photographs and information about blue-ringed octopuses, one of the world's smallest killers, explaining what they are, where they live, what they look like, how they hunt, and why their bite is deadly.
Octopus leaves her cave in a lively reef because she is shy and the seahorses there find her fascinating, but when she finds a quieter, more peaceful spot she misses her home and friends.
