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Kōrero: Octopus and squid

Rarangi kaupapa

  1. He korero whakarapopoto

  2. Head-footed animals

  3. Life history

  4. Feeding and predation

  5. Octopus in New Zealand

  6. Squid in New Zealand

  7. Squid fishing

  8. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Head-footed animals

Living and extinct cephalopods

Living and extinct cephalopods

Octopus movement

Octopus movement

Camouflaged midget octopus

Camouflaged midget octopus

Octopus at Pōrangahau

Octopus at Pōrangahau

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Life history

The hooks of a male scaled squid

The hooks of a male scaled squid

Octopus tending her eggs

Octopus tending her eggs

Hatching octopus

Hatching octopus

Squid eggs

Squid eggs

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Feeding and predation

Octopus suckers

Octopus suckers

Squid suckers

Squid suckers (1 o 2)

Colossal squid tentacles

Colossal squid tentacles (2 o 2)

Historical account of a giant squid

Historical account of a giant squid

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Octopus in New Zealand

Finned octopus

Finned octopus

Paper nautilus egg case

Paper nautilus egg case (1 o 2)

Preserved paper nautilus

Preserved paper nautilus (2 o 2)

Inspecting a gelatinous octopus

Inspecting a gelatinous octopus

Kupe fighting Te Wheke-o-Muturangi

Kupe fighting Te Wheke-o-Muturangi

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Squid in New Zealand

Vampire squid logo

Vampire squid logo

Ram’s horn squid

Ram’s horn squid (1 o 2)

Ram’s horn shells

Ram’s horn shells (2 o 2)

Thomas Kirk with a giant squid

Thomas Kirk with a giant squid

Juvenile giant squid

Juvenile giant squid

Colossal squid

Colossal squid (1 o 2)

Arrow, giant and colossal squid

Arrow, giant and colossal squid (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Squid fishing

Japanese squid boats

Japanese squid boats

Squid products

Squid products

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Maggy Wassilieff and Steve O’Shea, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/octopus-and-squid/media (accessed 8 June 2023)

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff and Steve O’Shea, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006

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