@@Techhunter_Talon living fossils aren't really a concrete thing. Nothing ever truly stops evolving, and there isn't a set time limit for something to be a living fossil in the first place. Anything could be considered a living fossil, if it looks arbitrarily similar to an extinct relative/ancestor. It's a pointless, nebulous label.
How do these things even survive in modern oceans? Literally anything with a stinger/jaws with hinges could make an easy meal outta these guys... huh, nature is always full of surprises...
I would say that the small tentacles are a result of it being effective at obtaining small prey, rather than capturing larger creatures. Obviously if the animal is able to capture enough small prey, it's an effective predator, despite seeming innocent/feeble to us. You can view other videos, most fish don't seem to want to mess with them, so there is that.
Thank you! Most footage you see of these animals is them just floating around, and the primary focus is on how they're living fossils. It's cool to see footage of its behaviors, and how it actually has a thought process that displays intent and purpose, and not just aimlessly scooting around through the water.
There's quite a few species still alive on this planet that have been around for 200 million years or more actually. Hell we would still have trilobites around if they had even barely survived the biggest mass extinction in earth's history. They were so well adapted to dominating ocean ecosystems but alas couldn't survive a snowball earth.
If an ocean dwelling dinosaur was to be brought back to life, it’ll meet the nautilus in an aquarium and ask “oh they brought you back as well?” And the nautilus with say with pride “nah man, I made it all the way alive!”
It's truly a wonder how these prehistoric creatures have managed to outlive so many other creatures throughout their gazillion years of existence on this planet. It's also truly a wonder as to how evolution favored such strange body shape.
It's kinda cute looking when it moves... Sad that these are a threatened species... Yeah, they have beautiful shells, but they're endangered and should be kept alive for as long as possible.
Nautilus is a very ancient creature. They have been here since the Triassic time. About 230 million years ago. These are ancient relatives, long time before we crawled up on the beach. 🙂 Maybe their swimming technique could be a little 'refined' 😂, but their survival skills seems to be very good 🙂
They look like lifes' first attempt on an animal. Beautiful thought but so extremely unique. They look just as weird as the fossils from 500 million year old exctinct species
Guess lots of sci-fi movies have been inspired by stuff like those appendages. I'd certainly don't wanna be picked up by something like that floating above. lol
Nope, their too rare for the pet trade. However you can buy live octopus or squid from Live Aquaria in the Cephalopod section.www.liveaquaria.com/category/500/cephalopods?c=497+500
