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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

"Sir the nautilus outnumber us 3 to 1!" "Then it is an even fight"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

these things still exist?!?! I thought they were fossils like in Minecraft

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

They had a huge amount of diversity between the Cambrian and the Carboniferous periods, then all but a single order (Nautilida) died out when land animals became a thing, and only a single genus survived the Triassic extinction. They went on to flurish globally until only 20 million years ago, when specifically seals appeared. Nautiloids went extinct everywhere seals existed, leaving the only living species in the Indo-Pacific.

Their shells have a tendency to float huge distances, with some floating for over a decade. So not only are they a "living fossil", their shells are found even when they are not.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

That's some Lovecraftian shit going on.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

God the center of that must feel like being in a carwash with the spinny bristles.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My guess is eating something in the middle

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, didn't even think oft that

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What sort of animal are these?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nautilus, which is like a cuttlefish with a cool spiral shell. I have no idea what they're doing in this photo though. Probably some sort of intricate sex ritual.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

look at those tiny pupils! these headfoots are high as fuck

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Council is sea-questered, do not disrupt!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

You must not enter the chambers!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

A nautilus king

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Looks like they are trying to mimic an octopus/squid.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

the council

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This is like the Minecraft crafting recipe for a Conduit

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They're deciding if you've been naut-y enough to join.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

thats not-a-lie (maybe that works better spoken than written)