If the students were taught about shuttle flights, plate tectonics and submarine volcanoes, they were also immersed in the traditional myths of their culture-the ancient story, for example, of how the island of Pohnpei had been built under the direction of a mystical octopus, Lidakika. {I was fascinated by this, for it was the only cephalopod creation myth I had ever heard.
( Oliver Sacks )
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