Join Patrick and Emily on the social media team for a before-the-Aquarium-opens look at the re-opening of the chambered nautilus display in the Monterey bay Aquarium's "Tentacles" special exhibition!
Nautiluses are survivors of an ancient ocean that once teems with shelled cephalopods, before competition with fishes and catastrophic extinction events nearly wiped them all out. Chambered nautilus have existed in some form for over 500 million years, living a scavenging life in the darkness of the deep sea.
Having survived everything Nature has thrown at them so far, their biggest hurdle is surviving us and our love of their shells! Nautiluses live 20+ years, and grow and reproduce very slowly. The unsustainable harvest of nautiluses for their shells is putting pressure on populations worldwide.
Our nautiluses are here has a part of scientific research efforts to understand the life cycle of nautiluses, to hopefully breed them and give wild nautilus populations a break. We've partnered with researchers in Fiji that are working to protect and manage these animals, and we hope to inspire people to conserve nautiluses in the wild. We hope you enjoy the broadcast, and that you can spread the word to leave the shells to the nautiluses!
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