Nautiluses
70 cm x 50cm
Cobra water mixable oils on board
The nautilus is an ancient marine mollusc of the cephalopod family. Like an octopus it uses jet propulsion to roam the ocean depths, usually 300+ meters down, although they do surface to shallower waters to breed. It has a hard shell comprising many separate enclosed compartments. The animal lives in the largest of these chambers, while the others act as ballast tanks used to adjust buoyancy.This buoyancy control enables the nautilus to swim at different depths in the oceans. Fossil records show that molluscs similar to the chambered nautilus have existed for around 500 million years.
