Captain Nemo!  We’ve got a stowaway aboard!   What shall we do with him, sir?

Hmm…actually that’s the wrong Nautilus, isn’t it?  This one is a model of the namesake for the Jules Verne vessel, a cephalopod with a chambered shell that allows it to float underwater and move using jet propulsion — a living submarine.  Its chambered shell is also a beautiful logarithmic spiral, a fascinating geometric phenomenon which occurs in many places throughout nature from romanesco cauliflower to hurricanes.

This nautilus shell is a classic form and we’re glad to have it on Thingiverse — well done once again, tc_fea!

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