One-sheet hyperboloid

A one-sheet hyperboloid is a connected doubly ruled quadric, diffeomorphic to a cylinder.

On $x^2+y^2=z^2+1$, an axial plane such as $y=0$ cuts out two disjoint meridian geodesics. The tangent plane $x=1$ cuts out the two straight ruling lines $y=\pm z$, which are geodesics meeting orthogonally at $(1,0,0)$.

For a unit-speed geodesic on $x^2+y^2=z^2+1$, Clairaut's constant $c$ givesIf $c>1$, the geodesic has a turning point at $z=\sqrt{c^2-1}$ and remains entirely in one of the regions $z>0$ or $z<0$.

The waist circle $z=0$ is a geodesic. Its Gaussian curvature is $-1$, whereasoff the waist. Since isometries preserve Gaussian curvature, every isometry preserves this circle setwise.