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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXVI, Issue 7912, 8 October 1929, Page 2

A Napier fisherman accidentally discovered an interesting phenomenon the other day—the mortal fear of crayfish for an octopus. On a recent evening he was crayfishing along the northern fringe of the bay and had about a dozen of the crustaceans in the bottom of his launch, lie hauled up another pot and mechanically tipped the contents among the crayfish he had already caught, to discover to his surprise that he had pulled up a young octopus. Hu had hardly realised the fact when his attention was attracted by the commotion of the crayfish, which commenced to scuttle with all haste to the other end of the launch, emitting squeaky cries reminiscent of a wounded hare that knows the pursuing dogs must catch it. For the rcr mainder of the night the crayfish stayed at one end of the boat and left the octopus at the other.