CROCODILE IN TRAWL.
While fishing in Dungeness Bay, the crew of the Folkestone trawler, "Number 9' were snrprised by the weight of their trawl's contents. When brought on deck the net was found to contain a' dead crocodile, 12ft. long. Cutting off the tail, which they took to Folkestone as a trophy, the crew dumped the carcase into the sea. It was thought that the creature had died on a voyage in a steamer to England, and had been thrown overboocdU
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19382, 17 July 1926, Page 2 (Supplement)
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81CROCODILE IN TRAWL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19382, 17 July 1926, Page 2 (Supplement)
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