[GaltAdonis]

When I first learned of the nautilus and saw pictures of them
- when I was a little boy (maybe 5 or 6 years old) - I was amazed
by them. I thought they were the coolest thing in the world.

Of course I was influenced by the narrator of the documentary
that I had watched - he thought they were super-cool also.

That documentary is over 50 years old now - I wonder if I can find it online.
I'll look whenever I have time and think of it again.

[Jamestown1630]

I became amazed with them too. I collected a few, and one that's bisected so you can see the inside and the creature's successive 'houses':