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Kōrero: Octopus and squid

Colossal squid tentacles

Colossal squid tentacles

Colossal squid have well-armoured tentacles. The photograph shows the sharp, swivelling hooks on the ends of the tentacles.

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: I.006589

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Maggy Wassilieff rāua ko Steve O’Shea, Octopus and squid – Feeding and predation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7915/colossal-squid-tentacles (accessed 4 June 2026).

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