Nautilus Shells 4-5” Tiger Striped Chambered lions paw The meat is edible and

The meat is edible and fishermen have been known to set traps for chambered nautilus baited with chicken

It may also have bright blue along the outline of the mantel

increasing its diameter size by as much as three times

The larger polyps are called gastrozooid polyps

Nautilus Shells 4-5” Tiger Striped Chambered lions paw The meat is edible andNautilus have a well developed nervous system and highly developed eyes. Surrounding the mouth are many tentacles. Nautilus are the only cephalopod to have a true external shell. Naturalists, mathematicians and physicists have been fascinated for years by the form of this shell. The spirally coiled, chambered shell is perfectly proportioned mathematically, a remarkable feat of natural engineering. Air is moved through the many chambers to control