Octopuses, karakatics, hellish vampires. 500 million lei history of cephalopod mollusks

The book of the marine biologist Danna Stof is devoted to the topic that is not given too much attention in popular science literature, namely the evolution and biology of unique marine invertebrates - cephalopods. These creatures, which appeared at the dawn of a multicellular life, gave rise to many diverse forms, conquered the dominant position in the ancient seas, survived several mass extinctions, including the great Perm extinction, which claimed the lives of 96% of the species of marine animals, and survived to the present in the form of such such Smart, complexly organized animals, like octopuses, squid and caraquatic. The evolutionary history of the cephalopods is considered in close connection with the development of many other creatures, including their eternal enemies - fish and, later, marine mammals. In his narrative, the author gives a lot of paleontological data, talks about scientific riddles and often contradicting hypotheses, argues about the causes of the extinction of ammonoids and the successful evolution of the rioids and nauticaloids. Readers are waiting for many amazing stories about the intelligence and ingenuity of octopuses, the miracles of the color disguise of Karakatits, myths telling about giant marine monsters, about researchers who have devoted their lives to these amazing creatures