The Secret Life of a Wild Octopus

You have watched an octopus slip through a gap no wider than a coin, and you have wondered what on earth goes on inside that soft, clever body.

This audiobook follows one wild octopus across her whole short life. It begins with a hatchling drifting in the plankton. It ends with a mother guarding her eggs on a reef ledge. Each chapter opens inside a living scene as she builds a den, hunts crabs by touch, changes color in a heartbeat, solves a puzzle or escapes a predator. Every chapter centres on one genuine example of octopus intelligence, told in plain, vivid pictures by a calm and lively narrator. A short note closes each chapter, separating what scientists know from what they are still guessing.

You come away seeing the ocean differently and understanding octopus behavior through real science that stays astonishing. Press play and drift down to the reef with her.