Promus, John

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Promus, John (detail)
1937Netting dugong.
Walkabout 3(5): 40-41. 2 figs. Mar. 1, 1937.
—Describes the techniques used for netting dugongs in Queensland and preparing their oil. Also mentions that sharks attack dugong herds, which protect the calves at the center of the herd, and states that "a bull dugong has been seen to disembowel a shark" with his tusks!