ROYAL CARP IS EATEN.
ANOTHER FISH WAS 267 YEARS OLD. i Tlic great Royal carp of Uic Emperor Josef 11. of Austria lias been caught for a sixth time and, instead of being released, im always bofore, cut up and :,ol'd in the Belgrade fell market. This carp was first caught in the year 17SS and presented to tJie Emperor, who fastened ii gold ring to its dorsal fin and released it. So this fish was at least ]uO yeare old. Carp are immensely long- lived. In the year 1497 a hugo carp was taken from a fish pond in Swabia. In its frills was a copper ring with this inscription: I am the first fish put in this pond by the hand of Frederick 11., Governor of the world, on the sth day of October, 1230. This fish, therefore, 'had lived 207 years. A pike was taken in a lake near Beilbron which had a ring attached to it, proving that it was 250 years old, and there were carp in the Royal Aquarium at St. Petersburg (now Leningrad) which were known by records to be 150 years old.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 267, 10 November 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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190ROYAL CARP IS EATEN. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 267, 10 November 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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