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Sounds of Aotearoa – kina

Kina (Evechinus chloroticus) with blue musical notes and logo.

There are many sounds special to Aotearoa New Zealand. Kina make sharp scraping noises when their teeth grate on the reef rocks.

Kina image sourced from iNaturalistNZ.

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