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Show Death Kiss for a Shark f f . . - s A.-fn!y - , .. ; . S -'' y. I i . -:t . r ' i 1 . . ' , - .. ...3 ' - - " v , . . ..... "-v .:; - -fe. :.".', . ' " -' - 1 X v.. - i Sri i ri ' t, - flf V : v - t r k V - - 4 f XX .-yf.--- v. Brought back to the United States recently from the Fiji islands by Rev. A. J. LaPlanle. for ten years a missionary tiiere, this photograph anows one of the strange customs of the island. Fiji islanders trap sharks In long woven nets. Hading into the trap, the natives pick up the sharks by their tails and kiss them on the upturned bellies. After this mysterious kiss the sharks show no signs of life. |