The largest insect in the world is found in Venezuela. It is.the elephant beetle, which when fully grown weighs half a pound. New Plymouth fishermen are getting plenty of fish, but they' are not the kind required for food The sea off the fishing grounds is infested with sharks, many up to six feet in length, and every fishing launch has the experience of catching 20 or more sharks but very few edible fish.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4057, 15 December 1931, Page 27
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74Untitled Otago Witness, Issue 4057, 15 December 1931, Page 27
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