James A. Cosgrove (. c. a leading expert on the giant Pacific octopus, began scuba diving in 1959. He is a founding member of the Canadian Association for Underwater Science (CAUS) and has provided his expertise to documentary film crews from around the globe
James A. He is a founding member of the Canadian Association for Underwater Science (CAUS) and has provided his expertise to documentary film crews from around the globe. Before his retirement in 2007, Cosgrove worked as manager of the natural history section at the Royal BC Museum. He lives in Victoria, BC. Neil McDaniel has been photographing marine life since 1969 when he learned to scuba dive while completing a degree in marine zoology at the University of British Columbia.
This book is the culmination of more than forty years of undersea photography and study of the most impressive octopus on the Pacific coast, the giant Pacific octopus. James A. Cosgrove, Neil Mcdaniel. This fascinating monster of the deep - the largest known octopus species in the world - is a master of disguise that can mimic not only the colour but also the texture of its surroundings. Wet, cold and slimy, it hunts and pulls apart hardshell crabs .
North Pacific giant octopus Octopuses Northwest Coast of North America Squids. Oxford University Press, (c)1995.
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book by Neil McDaniel. Is there a more bizarre-looking animal in the sea than the octopus? A baggy, boneless body surmounted by a pair of soulless eyes and fleshy horns. Super Suckers : The Giant Pacific Octopus and Other Cephalopods of the Pacific Coast. by Neil McDaniel and James A. Cosgrove.
Good photos throughout. A final chapter on other cephalopods describes the other octopus and squid species in the Pacific NW, most of which are not well known.
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The giant Pacific octopus in found from central California and east through the north Pacific to Japan and Korea. Super Suckers: The Giant Pacific Octopus and other Cephalopods of the Pacific Coast. Harbour Publishing Company Ltd. 208 pages. It is found in waters from the intertidal to waters as deep as 2,000 m (6,600 ft) (Cosgrove and McDaniel, 2009). Distribution in British Columbia. The giant Pacific octopus is found in all clean ocean waters of . from intertidal waters to depths of 2,000 m (6,600 ft). Brackish waters or waters with low oxygen contents will not support the GPO. Taxonomy. Guinness World Records 2008. London: Guinness Publishing, 2008.
Cosgrove and McDaniel present previously unpublished biological behavior and a startling collection of octopus myths, legends, and anecdotes from aquarists and divers of the pacific coast. not to mention its three hearts and blue blood.