Photo 4088101, (c) tangatawhenua, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tangatawhenua

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What

Typical Octopuses (Family Octopodidae)

Observer

tangatawhenua

Date

June 23, 2016 04:38 PM NZST

Description

First time I have seen 2 wheke together. The one on the right I spotted first then the one on the left stretched out it's tentacles to grab my camera - no wonder a person in Wellington had their camera stolen by a wheke!

The one on the right gave the one on the left a twack and they both retreated back under the rocks.

The last photo shows both sets of tentacles.

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