SEA-LION CATCHES “FORTY” ON WAIKANAE FORESHORE
When Mr. F. T. Murphy visited the Wpikanae Reach on Thursday and saw strange carcase just above the surfH’ne a mil" westward of the abattoirs, his r'l-joritv promoted him to throw a b'"bt of rnn" nv"r it ip an attempt to move what he took to be a dead animal.
He "ot an immediate reaction, for from its prone and apparently lifeless nose on tbe sand a sea-b’on reared itself r,,i] of surprised activity. Tt had evidootlv rome ashore to catch “fo r tv winks” and h"d banp unaware of the ano-oacb of Mr Mnrnhy. Tb« animal was far from lifeless, -md imio-vt showed both a d'snosition 'o defend itself and an energetic iw<m to roe oh doon water again. Tt nulled f>-~«» n f the b ; aM of rone without a real effort-, end after snowline* ferociously at ’is cb'rtimher. hit the water with a series pf Inßorw ho.ir.ris Which rOvo"'ed n’optv of vitality. roVoi-od wi*h a moftipd dmi'-brown hiric. the soe.ijnn was estimated hv Mr "'homi-iv to ho between ,n and 12ft. in ’on"th r n d weil-ornwn. Whop last, seeu it was r ! sin« on t'' n crest of waves and eac(-;..g injured glances back upon the beach.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23041, 3 September 1949, Page 6
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207SEA-LION CATCHES “FORTY” ON WAIKANAE FORESHORE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23041, 3 September 1949, Page 6
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