MONSTER SHARK'S FATE.
A VICTIM OF APPETITE. / A shark ■which attempted to _~ seize >. fish in a net at Barrenjoey, near Sydney, became entangled in h the folds u. of the net, and after ■ struggling ■ at > intervals ?/• throughout '-< the night * and morning, fin- . „ ally i tired himself out, and was dragged yjon ■■•' to the beach. ;<£?>He • was ':'-. 15 • feet long Kb and eight feet ro«nd the earth/ 1 '■?-'' *?* ; '- : - t%f ■ ;■]• When, opened I up, it jl was found 1 ; he c had : ; swallowed a i porpoise. ";i': ; j Only the :' : low» '■ end of the 'i porpoise was \ left,' but that measured three' feet. > • The tail fof "■ the ~■•■ ! porpoise was across his throat in ■ such a I way that it was difficult to see how he ;; swallowed it. -• . -';*.•<;'•' <' '*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18553, 10 November 1923, Page 13
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125MONSTER SHARK'S FATE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18553, 10 November 1923, Page 13
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