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Kōrero: Octopus and squid

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

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

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

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

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