Te Mana O Te Moana https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/ Thu, 12 May 2022 20:03:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.temanaotemoana.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-1-LOGO-PRINCIPAL-TMOTM-full-quadri-1-1-32x32.png Te Mana O Te Moana https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/ 32 32 An octopus attack on an hatchling turtle recorded for the first time https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/an-octopus-attack-on-an-hatchling-turtle-recorded-for-the-first-time/ Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:07:21 +0000 https://www.temanaotemoana.org/?p=22243

Thanks to a drone survey after a green sea turtle nest hatching on Tetiaroa, we were able to capture images of predation… by an octopus!
A first for our team that up to now had been able to film predation by sharks and big fishes’ predation but never by a cephalopod.

Watch by following the link HERE.

A bit shout-out to all our partners: Direction de l’Environnement Polynésie Française, The Brando, Tetiaroa Society Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, Pacific Beachcomber, Hinerava, Vilebrequin, Van Oord, Esri, Air Tahiti Nui, Kristin Hetterman et Sven Lindblad, The Andrew Sabin Foundation.

Thank you to Martjin for these images!

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