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Kōrero: Wētā

Giant wētā legs

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Giant wētā legs

Birds of prey including the swamp harrier like to eat wētā, although perhaps not their legs. Over 180 legs of giant wētā were found in this harrier dump site in the Poor Knights Islands.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10046988

by Don Merton

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

George Gibbs, Wētā – Other wētā, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9716/giant-weta-legs (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā George Gibbs, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.