These paper nautiluses are paper-thin egg casings that the females octopuses secrete. It's used as a brood chamber and for trapped surface air to maintain it's buoyancy. Speculation had it that argonauts did not produce their own egg cases but borrowed them from other organisms, similar to what hermit crabs did. However today we know this not to be true.
I found these nautilus shells in Arniston/Waenhuiskrans and placed them on a beach in Hermanus for a photo session.
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Woah. These are really cool looking.
Thanks jenkinrocket they are cool to look at, also very fragile.
It's beautiful, thank you for sharing.
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Thank you for all the info!
Hi hope777 it's a pleasure dear.
They look good
Thanks pai-ciens they are very interesting looking sea shells.