A HUGE SHARK.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 245, 15 October 1926, Page 3

A HUGE SHARK.

TAKING TOLL OF THE WHALES. Something exceptional in sharks was annoying the whales up at Whangamumu recently, and Messrs. Cook Bros, sent out a party to despatch the poacher. They were not long in spotting the cause of the trouble, and. experienced men as they were, they were astonished at his size. A well directed harpoon ended his career, and when he was towed ashore he was found to measure 21ft !)ins in length, which must be about a record for the Dominion. There was no doubt about his mode of living, as when opened up he was found to contain large pieces of fresh blubber, picked up from the unfortunate whale? that he chivvied about when they came into the coast, as is their habit during the winter months. The jaws of the shark were set up and mounted and are now on view in the window of Frank Wiseman. Ltd.. Queen Street. Auckland, the owner being the secretary nf the Bay of Islands Swordfish aml'Mako Shark Fishing Club (Mr. Arlidffp). The shark was recognised by the fishermen to be something different from the ordinary shark or the mako fOiark. hut they were not quite certain as to what species it belonged to. "When the matter was submitted to Mr. Gilbert Archer. curator of the Auckland Museum, he identified the fish as the ereat white shark, the carcharodon carchararias. The great white shark is usually found in tropic waters. It sometimes grows to 36 feet in length, and is the most voracious and dangerous species known. It has several rows of particularly savage-looking teeth, which are well exemplified in the specimen now on view in Queen Street.