Octopuses In Anne Montgomery's Essay Deep Intellect

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“Deep Intellect,” will let you understand and know more about octopuses then you can ever know from watching a movie about them. This essay is based on how Montgomery describes the first time she meets an octopus and for the first time she explores their life and what they are capable of doing. The author introduces her essay by describing what it was like meeting the mysterious and dangerous creature, for the first time. She meets the giant octopus in an aquarium where she touches the octopus named Athena and starts to carefully examine the mysterious creature. As she comes back every day to visit different octopuses and her favorite Athena, she gains more knowledge and builds a stronger relationship among Athena. Montgomery starts to observe

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