INVASION ONTOLOGIES - Rethinking Invasion Ecologies from the Environmental Humanities - page 185

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Non fatal cases
Fatal cases
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Year
FIGURE 12.2 Numbers of katipo bites in M¯ori and P¯keh¯, as reported in colonial newspapers, scientific journals and other published sources,
1840-1918. Although many dates are approximations only, what is clear is that waves of concern over envenomation waxed and waned
throughout the colonial period.
Source: Data collated and graphed by the author.