Octopuses: Like You Were Chasing a Cat
From Sy Montgomery's book, The Soul of an Octopus (2015)
Mmerikani’s Substack consists of sourced, edifying quotes in a dual-language format (Swahili & English). I am a Quaker, runner, and was formally trained in Swahili.
KISWAHILI
"Wale wanaofanya kazi na pweza wanaripoti kuona vitu ambavyo, kulingana na jinsi tumejifunza ulimwengu kawaida huenda, havipaswi kutokea.
"Hiyo ndiyo siku ambayo Alexa Warburton alijikuta akiyofukuza pweza yenye ukubwa wa ngumi ilipokuwa ikikimbia ng’ambo ya sakafu.
"Ndiyo, ilikimbia." ‘Ungewafukuza chini ya tangisamaki, hapa na pale, kama ulivyokuwa unamfukuza paka,’ alisema. "Ni ajabu sana!"
- Sy Montgomery ni mwandishi, mtafiti wa mambo ya asili, na mgunduzi. Yeye anayeandika juu ya mwingiliano kati ya wanyama na binadamu.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
“Those who work with octopuses report seeing things that, according to the way we’ve learned the world normally works, should not be happening.
“Such was the day Alexa Warburton found herself chasing a fist-sized octopus as it ran across the floor.
“Yes, ran. “You’d chase them under the tank, back and forth, like you were chasing a cat,“ she said. “It’s so weird!”
- Sy Montgomery is an author, naturalist researcher, explorer, and documentarian of human-creature interactions.
Chanzo (source): Montgomery, Sy. The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness. New York: Atria Paperback, 2015, page 42.