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Hatching octopus

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These baby octopus emerging from their eggs immediately swim away into coastal waters.

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Maggy Wassilieff and Steve O’Shea, Octopus and squid – Life history, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/7911/hatching-octopus (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff and Steve O’Shea, published 2 March 2009.