Jeanne Villepreux-Power
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How the paper nautilus makes its egg case
In Sicily, Villepreux-Power observed living argonauts rather than relying on empty shells. Her account showed that the female makes the shell-like egg case herself. Keeping the animal in view while it went about its life helped settle a question that a collection of empty cases couldn’t answer.
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