• Question: @Lowri What is your favourite sea creature and why?

    Asked by anon-207488 to Lowri on 7 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by anon-207620.
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      Lowri Evans answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      My favourite sea creature is the Nautilus. It is considered a living fossil, as it is very old (has been on Earth for much longer than humans). It is related to squid and octopus, and looks like a squid with a big swirly shell. I think they are really cool! They swim around using jet propulsion and catch prey with their tentacles. I’m not sure how they have survived so long… as sometimes they appear to be really clumsy! They can’t see the direction they are swimming in. Some aquariums have them. However, currently they are becoming rare, as people are capturing them to kill them for their beautiful shell. Poor Nautilus.

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