The weird and mysterious nautilus is a cephalopod, just like octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish.
But how similar are these shelled critters to their relatives?
Curator and paleontologist Neil Landman gives seven ways that the nautilus is unique among its evolutionary neighbors.
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The chambered nautilus has been around longer than TREES, but this species is on the brink of extinction because of the shell trade.
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