TALE OF TWO TURTLES
ONE WHO RODE ON SHARK. TO RACE COMPANION. Sydney, January 30. How the cunning of a turtle outwitted a ferocious shark was related by the overseer of Taronga Aquarium (Mr. Camp) in a lecture to the Aquarium Association of New South Wales. “Thomas, a large turtle, and Timothy, a small turtle, swim around the shark pool at the zoo almost as incessantly as the shark,” he said. Thomas, being a fast swimmer, invariably gets a long way ahead around the enclosure. Timothy used to take a short cut across the middle to catch up, but now he has developed a much better plan. He waits until a shark comes along beneath, and with a swift dive grabs the shark by the dorsal fin and hangs on until he catches up to Thomas. As soon as he is alongside he lets go and starts swimming again.” The shark at first resented Timothy’s tactics, Mr. Camp said, but now allows the turtle to ride unmolested.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4953, 9 February 1937, Page 3
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