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There are about 700 species of cephalopods (cuttlefishes, squids, octopuses, and the chambered nautiluses) living throughout the seas of the world, and they are considered to be the most highly evolved marine invertebrates who possess elaborate sense organs, large brains and complex behaviour. This book examines that behaviour, summarizing field and laboratory data from a wide variety of sources in the first comprehensive account of the life of cephalopods in their natural habitats. It surveys the way they find prey and escape predators, how they reproduce, how they learn and how they communicate using complex body patterns. Throughout it emphasizes the gaps in our knowledge in the hope of stimulating more biologists to study these beautiful and fascinating animals.
`An exceptionally handsome book...highly recommended for its aesthetics as much for its science. Working with cephalopods is a joy and a challenge. Both the joy and the challenge are brought to life in this book...an excellent book for behaviourists interested in cephalopods from a comparative perspective...' Animal Behaviour
`This book is a major zoological event' American Zoologist
`...an essential volume for anyone working in almost any field of cephalopod behaviour, physiology or ecology.' Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology