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Thanks for sharing. I just finished a novel, "Remarkably Brilliant Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt, where a giant Pacific octopus was one of the main characters. 
They are fascinating creatures!
The book is pretty good, IMO. I'd give it 4 stars.
on edit: my library has it!
If you like stories with animals, "West with Giraffes," by Lynda Rutledge was good.
From GoodReads:
“Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes…”
Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave.
It’s 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California’s first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow. Inspired by true events, the tale weaves real-life figures with fictional ones, including the world’s first female zoo director, a crusty old man with a past, a young female photographer with a secret, and assorted reprobates as spotty as the giraffes.
Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it’s too late.
Here's a photo from a newspaper at the time.
we saw that they sell deli container sized packages full of these little guys. 
I know (no lecture required), there are many creatures that many of us eat (me included), so not insulting the asian market, but something about seeing the entire animal, the baby animal, and knowing how cognizant these guys are really got to me.
Phillips told Inside Edition.
later...
She says the scary experience taught her a lesson: “Just don’t pick up everything that you see.”
