Tentacle Mysteries: Awesome Octopuses, Spectacular Squid, and the Scientists Who Dug Up Their Secrets, (Hardcover)

<br><b>Perfect for STEM bookshelves comes a fascinating celebration of cephalopods past, present, and future.<br></b><br>Did you know that Earth's first giant animal--<i>Endoceras giganteum</i>--lived two hundred million years before the first dinosaur? Or that some of the most common fossils are not trilobites or tyrannosaurs but coiled seashells called ammonites? <p>These marvelous extinct animals belonged to the same group as modern squid and octopus: the cephalopods. Although cephalopods are twice as ancient as dinosaurs and every bit as fascinating, people have only recently started paying attention to them. </p><p><b>In <i>Tentacle Mysteries</i>, debut author and illustrator Danna Staaf brings readers on a time-traveling underwater voyage of discovery. Readers will discover: </b><br></p><ul><li>How cephalopods evolved over hundreds of millions of years (from shelled ancestors to modern octopuses, squid, cuttlefish, and nautiluses).</li><li>How fossils and rock layers are used to reconstruct Earth's past and major mass extinctions.</li><li>How cephalopod "superpowers" work in simple biological terms (jet propulsion, ink, camouflage, buoyancy, hearts, blood).</li><li>How science is done in real life and how different cultures have interpreted cephalopod fossils and "sea monsters," and so much more!</li></ul><br><b>You will never look at an octopus the same way again!<br></b><br>

• Tentacle Mysteries: Awesome Octopuses, Spectacular Squid, and the Scientists Who Dug Up Their Secrets, (Hardcover)
• Author: Danna Staaf
• ISBN: 9781778402241
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2027-05-18
• Page Count: 176