Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-19

DRAWS MANY TO
WATERFRONT
Rare Animals and Birds on
Niagara Rival Best CoIIeC-
tons in MenagerieS

Bears hich carry their young IN
pouches, kangaroos that climb trees
like monkeys fox as white as snow.
bears with side wniskers the same as
grandfather used to wear and dozens
of other animals, some one might have
leard OF and others probably neve"
did hear of. 5000 birds of many
species, hue and noise, loo tons Of
them. all on board the Niagara Fri
day, en- route to Vancouver. where
they will be disposed Of by their
owner, Ellis J. Josephs. world famous
wild animal collector, who is return
ing from Africa and Australia, where
he spent the last - months collecting
them
1t was certainly an interesting sight
and Honolulu people who visited the
Niagara Friday were we'll paid for the
trip, as many of the animals and birds
were very rare and are seldom seen
even in the most up-to-date zoo.
Among the rarest Of his catch are
two kea parrots from New Zealand
which alight on the backs Of sheep
and after tearing away the wool rip
open the sheep and eat the kidney
Another was the Tasmanian wolf or
tiger. an animal of nocturnal habits,
which Is seldom seen and is the first
one ever captured by Josephs during
his 90 years In the bush. Long. grey
and lean. he looked as if he would
enjoy taking a chunk out of ones
leg.
The most amusing members of the |
collection were the little Teddy BEARS
which are natives of Australia, and
lcok just like furry ones the girls used !
to carry around when that fad was
all the rage. They were purchased by |
Richard Trent to add to his already !
large collection of animals.
1t was an interesting sight to wit |
ness Josephs handling of the animals |
and birds, and it was evident that he |
loved every one of them. even the big.
ferocious African leopard. Daisy. the
elephant, will wrap her trunk about |
him in a loving embrace and the bears
and tigers stopped their growing
when he came near. His particular
Pet, however, is an old gray parrot,
which has made 13 trips with him and
is the only one of his collection that
he absolutely refuses to sell. What
the bird said when the Star-Bullettu
reporter said Hello, Polly" the re
porter would have to tell in private.
Other animals in the collection. OF
particular interest we're two slOth
bears, 10 Tasmanian devils (not the
kind with horns, but specie of the
bear family, with fiendish disposi-
tions), four cape hyaXs, 40 Australian
'possums, which also carry their
young in pouches, 134 kangaroos and
wallabys. the latter a small specie OF
kangaroo, nine wombats, seven emus
and an Indian antelope, dainty, little
spotted animal hardly three feet high.
Among the birds were a whole cage
OF Spanish eockatoos, whose crests
when raised resemble the Spanish
flag, another filled with tiny doves
four inches long which resembled the
dove OF the Southwest, and
in large pen were hundreds of ducks
of every imaginable color And be
sides these were pheasants, cranes,
tinches. plorers, parrots, sparrows and
many others of the big bird family.
Taken all together, the animals and
birds which Josephs had on the
Niagara are probably worth very near
Iy 5000 600