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.