Kay Peterson wrote:
> Does anyone know whether Nautilus uses those long, trailing tentacles to
> "feel" where the "bottom" is?  I thought I had read something like that
> in Peter Douglas Ward's In Search of Nautilus (1988).  I just skipped
> through it again, and it seems to suggest such a use without stating it
> boldly.  One picture, showing a mended nautilus, shows a couple of
> trailing tentacles.
>
> Perhaps I got the idea from watching a TV special----or even from
> watching a tankful at the Boston Aquarium several years ago.  I seem to
> recall that they were moving "backwards," in which case sensers would help.
>
> We had a discussion at a recent shell club meeting, and I ended up
> doubting what I thought I remembered---
>
> Can anyone give me some information?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kay Peterson

Some squid use trailing tentacles to grab prey. Don't know if this is
also the case with nautilus.

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