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Chambered Nautilus
Nautilus pompilius
The chambered nautilus is a marine mollusk renowned for its stunning, spiraled shell divided into a series of chambers. As it grows, the nautilus creates new, larger chambers and seals off the old ones, which are then filled with gas to aid buoyancy. This animal is a living foss…
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- The chambered nautilus is so ancient that it has survived relatively unchanged for over 500 million years, making it a true 'living fossil.'
- The chambered nautilus can have up to 90 flexible, suckerless tentacles. Its shell is an example of a logarithmic spiral, often admired for its mathematical beauty. Unlike other cephalopods, it has poor vision but an excellent sense of smell.
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