The Paper Nautilus, An Octopus in Disguise

The Paper Nautilus also known as Argonaut Argo is a truly mysterious creature. Looking like something prehistoric you would think it has existed for 100s of millions of years through the fossil record. But the first occurence of these creatures was in fact only 15 million years ago....compared to nearly 500 million years ago for other nautilus species!
Thanks to the amazing female scientist Jeanne Villepreux-Power in the 1830s we are now able to understand the amazing origin of these shells....which aren't even shells! (spoiler alert....they are egg casings).

References:
https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/202...
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Learn about the amazing Jeanne Villepreux-Power: https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/learn-jeannett...
https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/argonauts-astr...
Learn more about the term Argonaut: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Argo...
Video showing group of female Argonauts swimming by Dan Nguyen:    • Paper nautilus sighting off California  

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