Zoological Society bulletin (1913) (14763105942)

Identifier: zoologicalsociet55601newy (find matches)

Title: Zoological Society bulletin

Year: 1901 (1900s)

Authors: New York Zoological Society

Subjects: Zoology

Publisher: (New York) : New York Zoological Society

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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is valuablefor oil and leather. The oil derived from thehead is especially valuable, being worth $20.00a gallon refined. It is used chiefly for watchesand other delicate mechanisms. Porpoisehide is used for shoe strings, pocket books,hand bags and other light leather articles.Several hundred porpoises are taken annuallyfrom October to April. The greatest numbertaken in one year was one thousand. Por-poises are taken at Hatteras with large seineswhich are quietly drawn around them as theypass along shore in large or small bands justoutside the surf. The haul lines are thenbrought ashore and the net beached. Duringthe season porpoises move along shore everyday, and the hunters go out whenever thesurf is low enough for the safe and efficienthandling of the boats. The largest animalstaken do not exceed twelve feet, and porpoisesof that length are unusual. Our specimenwas seven feet, eight inches long and weighedtwo hundred and eleven pounds at death. 1012 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN Sk V-

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LOBSTER, 38 INCHES LONG, WEIGHING 21 POUNDSTaken at Scotland Lightship, off the entrance to New York Harbor, 1913 GIANT LOBSTER ANOTHER giant lobster, the fourth inthe history of the Aquarium, was re-ceived September 13th. It was takennear Scotland Lightship off the entrance toNew York harbor and came up entangled ina lobster pot line, being too large to enter thepot. This specimen was a male, thirty-eightinches long and weighed twenty-one pounds.In the accompanying photograph the clawshave been spread apart sufficiently to makeits length no greater than the yardstickbeside it. Like the other extra large specimens re-ceived at various times, it had been kept outof water too long for its health, and did notlive more than a few days when placed in anexhibition tank. The largest known specimen of the Ameri-can lobster so far recorded, was a thirty-fourpounder, nearly twenty-four inches long. Itis now in the American Museum of NaturalHistory in New York. It was taken offAtlantic Highlands

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