LIMPETS as large as a person's hand attach themselves to rocks three metres below the surface off Raoul Island. These limpets, endemic to the Kermadecs, are the second largest in the world behind limpets which occur in Mexico. The largest Kermadec limpets are females which have started off life as males. These unusual limpets feed on the rocks, leaving behind a limey deposit Photo: Roger Grace
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 1991, Page 27
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66LIMPETS as large as a person's hand attach themselves to rocks three metres below the surface off Raoul Island. These limpets, endemic to the Kermadecs, are the second largest in the world behind limpets which occur in Mexico. The largest Kermadec limpets are females which have started off life as males. These unusual limpets feed on the rocks, leaving behind a limey deposit Photo: Roger Grace Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 1991, Page 27
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