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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2784, 13 September 1910, Page 7

The remora, or sucker fish, is a species of shark that never exceeds a dozen pounds in weight. It differs from other sharks in having a sucker on the top of its hsad by means of which it attaches itself to the keels of ships, whales, etc. It iH so constitutionally lazy that it will never swim any distance if it can find anything moving to which it can attach itself. Mr. Frank Buller says that the Chinamen takes advantage of this laziness to use the remora for catching turtles. First, a remora is caught and a brass ring fastened closely round its body, just at its smallest part before the spread of the tail. To this is attached a strong, fine line. The remora is then put overboard in the turtle grounds and is kept from attaching itself to the boat by means of a bamboo pole. It, of course, gets very tired of this, and no turtle can pass within range of it without the remora hanging on to it for a rest. The moment this happens, John Chinaman hauls in the line, bringing both remora and turtle within range of his hands to be lifted into the boat.