TALE OF TWO TURTLES
ONE WHO RODE ON SHARK TO RACE HIS COMPANION (From Our Own Correspondent> SYDNEY, Jan. 30. How the cunning of a turtle outwitted a ferocious shark was related by the overseer of Taronga Park Zoo 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 of Timothy after a couple of turns 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. .Hp waits until a shark comes along beneath. and with a swift dive grabs the shark by the dorsal fln 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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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23107, 5 February 1937, Page 10
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