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Goodness me. An aerial nautiloid? That one never made it's way into the scientific literature (yet). I suppose if it filled its chambers with helium and lost the heavy mineralised deposits then it could potentially fly, using its syphon for jet propulsion. However, there may be a stability problem without wings on the shell.
I wouldn't like to be on a plane flying through a swarm of those things though, the conic shape of the shells would act like bullets embedding the airframe.
On a slightly more serious note, here is a fantastic painting of an Ordovician nautiloid snacking on trilobites:
http://www.karencarr.com/gallery_ordovician.html
I wouldn't like to be on a plane flying through a swarm of those things though, the conic shape of the shells would act like bullets embedding the airframe.
On a slightly more serious note, here is a fantastic painting of an Ordovician nautiloid snacking on trilobites:
http://www.karencarr.com/gallery_ordovician.html