Fishing Nets Of Women’s Hair
London Zoo Aquarium Sends Expedition To Red Sea “Dominion’’ Special Service —Bv Airmail. London, May 7. In an attempt to capture the elusive dragon, fish nets will be used that have been meshed with women’s hair. Mr. H. Vinall, overseer of the Loudon Zoo Aquarium, and his assistants, who are organising an expedition to the Red Sea, have spent hours making these nets invisible to the rainbow-hued dragon fish, which defy capture in ordinary nets. “We shall be setting off in June, and the expedition will last more than two months.” Mr. Vinall sail, this week. “For several weeks 1 have been making a special rank to capture tiny coral fish. It is 12ft. long, sft. wide, and 3ft. 6in. deep. We plan to float it on a coral reef, an.Q once the fish enter it they will not be able to escape. “Our main difficulty is the transport of these delicate fish. They live in a temperature of about 90 to 95 degrees, and we have to arrange to have a constant supply of water at this temperature durin"' the voyage back.”
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 204, 26 May 1938, Page 5
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