nautili in English
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the first nuclear-powered submarine, launched in 1954. This US Navy vessel made a historic journey (August 1–5, 1958) under the ice of the North Pole.
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a cephalopod mollusk with a light external spiral shell and numerous short tentacles around the mouth. Nautiluses swim with the buoyant gas-filled shell upright and descend to greater depths during the day.
Some patterns in nature are formed by natural growth mechanisms, as with the spiral shape of the nautilus shell.
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1. Chambered nautili are found off the coasts of Southeast Asia and Australia, in tropical spots where coral reefs descend into deeper waters
2. Overfishing by humans is a threat (the iridescence and spiral pattern of their shells makes for an especially desirable commodity), and the species is late and slow to reproduce, but due to a lack of sufficient population data, Chambered nautili are