The Nautiloids are Cephalopods. They are extremely hostile and will attack almost anyone or anything.
Nautaloids are apparently telepathic among their own kind. When communicating with other races they use a
device very similar to a Ralnai Voder Box. Despite their clumsy appearance out of water, the Nautaloids
can move with considerable agility over almost any type of terrain. They do, however tend to dry out
rather rapidly. (During the battle for Rhoads Mine ,several Nautaloids were observed dousing themselves
with water from a portable tank.) They seem to prefer wet swampy areas and can be very difficult to
eradicate from that type terrain. As long as they can stay wet, temperatures up to 100° f. don’t seem to
bother them much. On the other hand, extreme cold seems to have little effect other than to slow their
movements slightly. Before the Federation survey station on Icebox was over run by the Nautaloids, the
giant cephalopods were reported frolicking amid the ice flows and sliding on their shells amid the
glaciers.