SHARK v. PORPOISE.
[BT TELEGRAPH — SPECIAL TO TILE POST.] AUCKLAND. This Day. Campers on the Dargaville coast were interested last week in finding a stranded porpoise Bft long in proximity to their camp. It had evidently been engaged in warfare with a shark, as a large cavity existed in its back. It is not unusual for porpoises to become etranded on the fifty-mile stretch of beach from Kaipara Heads to Maurganui Bluff, and the resident natives are quick to seize upon the blubber. Twenty-five years ago stranded whales ¦were not unusual, but these marine monsters seem to haA*e altered their route of travel. Sharks are reported to be unusually, plentiful, and coasting masters report that very large ones are frequently seen.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 20, 25 January 1911, Page 3
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121SHARK v. PORPOISE. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 20, 25 January 1911, Page 3
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