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Published online 17 April 2000 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news000420-3
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Rooting for rotting
A 'living fossil' from the deep yields new clues about the sensory environment of extinct ammonites, Henry Gee discovers.
The nautilus -- a creature practically unchanged for millions of years -- creeps around in the cold, dark depths of the oceans, sniffing after the decaying carrion on which it lives. But how the nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) stalks the stench of corruption has long been unclear.
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