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For more undersea kinkiness, see my review of Sensuous Seas: Tales of a Marine Biologist by Eugene H. Kaplan.

The book includes octopi, but the review does not.

Here's an excerpt of the review:

Many young people enter [Kaplan's] classes hoping to swim with the dolphins, but--judging by this enticing collection of true stories and personal experiences that he uses to motivate his lectures--most of them leave with questions compelling enough to last a lifetime.

The book displays how he guides students through that transition. The prologue reflects on a typical first day of class in a lecture hall filled with "hormone-laden young men and women."

"What can I say that will interest them...as I drone interminably about worms and clams?" he worries. His answer comes from a learned colleague's "secret of good biology teaching....Infuse into each lecture a generous helping of sex, so that seething hormone-infused thoughts will be directed toward what I am saying, not Miss Nubile."

The 31 main chapters follow, each featuring a particular type of marine life and each with the same structure: a dramatic opening, followed by biological content spiced with the author's personal experiences. Drawn into a biology lesson by Prof. Kaplan's comfortable prose, readers pay rapt attention while awaiting the juicy parts.

Enjoy!

Fred Bortz -- Science and technology books for young readers (www.fredbortz.com) and Science book reviews (www.scienceshelf.com)