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Underwater wild, my octopus teacher's extraordinary world, principal photography and captions by Craig Foster ; story by Ross Frylinck ; editor Pippa Ehrlich ; introduction by Jane Goodall

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Underwater wild

principal photography and captions by Craig Foster ; story by Ross Frylinck ; editor Pippa Ehrlich ; introduction by Jane Goodall

my octopus teacher's extraordinary world

Craig Foster and Ross Frylinck regularly dive together in the awe-inspiring kelp forests off South Africa, without wetsuits or oxygen tanks. Craig had dived this way for years, including alongside the octopus that inspired My Octopus Teacher. In Ross, he found a kindred spirit, someone who also embraced the ancient methods of acclimating his body to frigid waters, but whose eyes had not yet adjusted to the transcendent wonder Craig saw each time they dove. In the heart-wrenching stories that make up this unforgettable book, we swim alongside Ross as he grows from skeptic to student of the underwater wild. And in the revelatory marine science behind the stunning photos, we learn how to track sea hares, cuttlefish, and limpets, and we witness strange new behaviors never before documented in marine biology. We realize that a whole world of wonder, and an innate wildness within us all, emerge anew when we simply observe