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2. Cephalopod - Wikipedia

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   The nervous system of cephalopods is the ... The octopus changes skin color and texture during quiet and active sleep cycles. ... Nautilus is also capable of creating ...

3. Nautilus (fictional submarine) - Wikipedia

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   Nautilus is described by Verne as "a masterpiece containing masterpieces". [1] It is designed and commanded by Captain Nemo. Electricity provided by sodium/mercury batteries (with the sodium provided by extraction from seawater) is the craft's primary power source for propulsion and other services. The energy needed to extract the sodium is ...

4. Nautilus - Wikipedia

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   The nautilus (from Latin nautilus ' paper nautilus ', from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος nautílos 'little sailor') [3] is an ancient pelagic marine mollusc of the cephalopod family Nautilidae. The nautilus is the sole extant family of the superfamily Nautilaceae and the suborder Nautilina. It comprises nine living species in two genera, the ...

5. Chambered nautilus - Wikipedia

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   The chambered nautilus (Nautilus pompilius), also called the pearly nautilus, is the best-known species of nautilus. The shell, when cut away, reveals a lining of lustrous nacre and displays a nearly perfect equiangular spiral, although it is not a golden spiral. The shell exhibits countershading, being light on the bottom and dark on top.

6. Octopus - Wikipedia

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   An octopus (pl.: octopuses or octopodes[a]) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (/ ɒkˈtɒpədə /, ok-TOP-ə-də[3]). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids. Like other cephalopods, an octopus is bilaterally symmetric with two eyes and ...

7. USS Nautilus (SSN-571) - Wikipedia

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   USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine and on 3 August 1958 became the first submarine to complete a submerged transit of the North Pole. Her initial commanding officer was Eugene "Dennis" Wilkinson, a widely respected naval officer who set the stage for many of the protocols of today's Nuclear Navy ...