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Kōrero: Octopus and squid

Squid eggs

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Squid eggs

These eggs were laid by a broad squid among seaweed. Each string contains three to five eggs enclosed within a tough capsule.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10050607

by Jamie Quirk

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Maggy Wassilieff rāua ko Steve O’Shea, Octopus and squid – Life history, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7912/squid-eggs (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff rāua ko Steve O’Shea, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.