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Giant wētā legs

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Giant wētā legs

Birds of prey including the swamp harrier like to eat wētā, although perhaps not their legs. Over 180 legs of giant wētā were found in this harrier dump site in the Poor Knights Islands.

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George Gibbs, Wētā – Other wētā, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9716/giant-weta-legs (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by George Gibbs, published 1 March 2009.