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The chambered nautilus is a scavenger. It eats the molts of hermit crabs, lobsters, and any carrion it can get hold of. They inhabit the deepest parts of coral reefs, and generally feed at night.

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What is the apostrophe in The Chambered Nautilus?

"The chambered Nautilus" doesn't have an apostrophe.


What structure is used by the chambered nautilus for buoyancy?

while the chambered nautilus for buoyancy on the ancestral mollusc's shell.


How long has chambered nautilus been around?

The chambered nautilus has existed virtually unchanged for 500 million years.


Does a chambered nautilus prey on other animals?

A chambered nautilus has predators such as the octopus, triggerfish, shark and sea turtle.


What is the unique characteristic of a chambered nautilus?

it has chambers


What does a nautilus eat?

Nautilus pompilius, commonly known as the Chambered Nautilus, feeds on fishes, crabs and carrion (decaying animals). Its eyes are primitive, so it detects food with its sense of smell.


What is the only cephalopod that has retained an external shell?

The only extant cephalopod that produces an external shell is the chambered nautilus. The shells produced by squid and cuttlefish are internal.


Should you save the endangered chambered nautilus?

yes


How many chambers do the chambered nautilus have?

8 chambers!


The nautilus is the only living cephalopod with?

A chambered shell


What are the features of the chambered nautilus?

Some features of the chambered nautilus include a perfect equiangular spiral, countershading on the shell and around 90 tentacles. You can get more information about this at the Wikipedia. Once on the page, type "Chambered nautilus" into the search field at the top of the page and press enter to bring up the information.


Does a nautilus have fins?

No. It is a cephalopod that lives in a spirally chambered shell.