The New England Aquarium's Senior Aquarist Bill Murphy

Bill murphy is the senior aquarist in charge of the northern waters gallery at the new england aquarium in boston. He has an incredibly deep knowledge of the animals in his care and of their day to day life and behaviors. Over the years, he's cared for about 15 different, unrelated octopuses and named each and every one of them. Day in and day out, he bears witness to the incredible learning abilities and behaviors of the octopus that jenifer has written at length about.