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Kōrero: Peripatus

Spiny pads and claws

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Spiny pads and claws

This close-up of the bottom of a pair of peripatus legs shows the spiny pads which they use for walking. The clawed feet are used only when they need extra grip.

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by Sue Doyle

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Paddy Ryan, Peripatus – Walking worms, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13260/spiny-pads-and-claws (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paddy Ryan, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.