The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
NEW sHAHK ~ THE TsSh.
The Old one Gets Too Big for His Quarters
aud 10 Put Back IN the Pool.

The sand shark that had been for wear cNhih-
ted IN oi the wall tauhs on III" salt water Side
81 tho NqunrIum Was last week removed Ia the
great central pool an the floor 81 the aquarium
and It's place supplied with smaller shark. urns.
ferrcd from the pnrl 10 III" tank
The shark thus removed had grown too big
In bc kept In the tank, its length Ind Increased
IN the year II had been there about ten inches
from alout three and half feet, 10 about four
feet and three inches rh" tank is Of ample
length It Is n double tank with an arch between
tho sections giving total length Of ten az twelve
feet hut with n width NJ three and n half IT,
four feet does not give the shark space enough
10 turn in with comfort, AT the ends. II would
sail down the length II the tank, through the
arch with plenty ~ room, Ia he crampcd in turn.
ing and n, the last owing In III increasing s'2r,
III turning in the comparatively narrow spncc
grew sufficiently bo,hcrNpmc to II To keep II 10
great extent from taking It's regular exercise, It
lay around n good deal On the bottom Of the tank.
mud then II was put back In the rool
The new shark is comparatively a little fellow.
II is about three feet in length, but even n small
shark like this looks savage The new shark
was taken in Gravrscnd Ray ON Sept ~, W that
I had been IN tho pool where was when re-
c"v"d at tn" AQUARIUM, about six weeks when
II VIVA removed To the tank. At first, in It's new
quarters. II misunk ms many fishes do, the 70
Election II the body Of water in the tank. as seen
ny liS'' III thr glass TOni, Tor an adjoining body
of water or Tor u continuation II tn" water IN
which II was itself and setting its no,c against
the INSIDE uf the glass many another FISH
has don" the new shark iricd 10 get through
into thHt other body or part II water
In this tank there are n pllottiSh and two yellow
mack"rrl. the yellow mnCkrrcl have appn h'ntly
ad"prd III" habits II the pilnliish for they arc
forever tagging around with IT, after the shark
HS the plluiiSh ~ accustomed tO do The old
shark they used Ia chase up all the time they
follow the now Unc when II swlmS, which II does
not always do, sometimes n I'aNS Tor tim" mo
uOnleSS on the bottom II haSn't got used Ia ltS
new quarters yet. So that II fCrl, al home in them
or as much ~ home Ash eau feel in captivity,
and likes moving about freely
TIL" old shark the piOthSh used 10 rub up
against once in n while, Ia scratch itself The
sharks skin Is rough like very fin" sand paper,
and II il in fact, when properly prepared, some
times used as a substitute TO- sand paper. The
pilolhsh, irritatcd II may BE- by paraS les OF some
sort would range up alongside Me shark look
ing then something like small steam launch
alongside tor edo boat, rub Itself against
him. and then sheer OH, Ia follow Ms tcrdcr
again: the shark keeping right along, mean
while with perfect uniformity ~ gait, paying no
attention Ia The plutiislls action whatever, and
quitr undisturhcd by 1t While the pilotiish has
gone around with the new shark, when II went.
as it did with the old. II has not yet rubbed mp
against it,: but perhaps II will do this when II
aud the new shark get better acquainted.