Mystery of Wakaya
p. 76 · Read in the full issue
WHAT happens to the bodies of wild animals that die of old age? Mr. Bentley, owner of Wakaya Island, recently in Suva on one of his rare visits, said that he has never found the body, or even the antlers which are shed each year, of the red deer that run wild on that island of Fiji. It is said that the females eat the antlers, but this does not explain what hap pens to the bodies of the many aged deer that must die each year on the island (5 miles long by half mile across). Any theories?
The Queensland Director of Vet erinary Research, Dr. Legge, visited the P-NG Territory in August in connection with the tick eradica tion programme being carried out by the local Agricultural Depart ment. He has made several previ ous visits to the Territory in this connection, and on his present trip is inspecting herds in the Port Moresby-Sogeri area, the High lands, Madang, Rabaul, and Eastern Papua