🎥:A "living #fossil"! The chambered nautilus has been around longer than TREES 🌳🌴🌳, but this species is on the brink of #extinction because of the shell trade. via: @oceana
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO theguardian.com/science/2016…

Let's make living fossils extinct

Is it time for scientists to retire the term? It’s meaningless, incorrect and gets in the way of understanding

theguardian.com
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Replying to @mark_carnall @oceana
Hi Mark - @pgISYEB also kindly pointed this out to us - we stand corrected and will avoid the term in future

Dec 10, 2019 · 3:32 PM UTC

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Replying to @IPBES @oceana @pgISYEB
90+ sheathed tentacles up! 👍
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