AMAZONIAN REPTILES
INVERCARGILL SHOW ATTRACTION. From time to time many, strange stories have reached the outside world from the depths of the Amazonian forests and South American jungles of gaily-plumaged birds, glittering brilliant reptiles and stunted races of people who speak no language, only a succession of grunts, and whose sole weapons of war are the primitive bow and arrow. But there arrived in New Zealand a few weeks ago a collection of live death-dealing reptiles which include a huge alligator. In capturing the alligator alive several natives were injured, and one lost his life before the monster was subdued, and it is only under special permit and a heavy bond that these monsters were allowed to land in New Zealand for a limited period. The collection will be on show at the Southland A. and P. . Show on Tuesday and Wednesday in a strong wood and iron structure which will ensure safety for patrons.
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Southland Times, Issue 22758, 7 December 1935, Page 4
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155AMAZONIAN REPTILES Southland Times, Issue 22758, 7 December 1935, Page 4
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