The Nautilus - David Attenborough

"Having survived relatively unchanged for millions of years, nautiluses represent the only remaining members of the subclass Nautiloidea, and are often considered to be "living fossils".

The Nautilus maintains buoyance through a gas passed through a tube in the shell tube called a siphuncle. This also helps the animal stay upright in the water. The Chambered nautilus has about 90 small suckerless tentacles found on the body close to where it is attached to the shell. This mollusc has eyes but they do not have a cornea or lens.

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