The Water Turned Red with Blood: The Black December Shark Attacks

This week, Brianne finally watches Hamilton, something brushes a leg underwater, there's a whole explosives hospital, a shark turns somersaults in a few feet of water, Melanie's husband has a hammock phobia, it turns out sharks grunt, we fall in love with the name Erna, and the South African government bombs the ocean.SHOW NOTESContent warnings:Indirect reference to child loss in the context of Hamilton, sharks, severed leg, various deaths of people of varying ages, various shark-attack related gore including limb loss, racial segregation, apartheid, bad smells/decomposing sharks.Links:1957.12.181957.12.201957.12.231957.12.261957.12.301958.1.91958.4.31958.4.5Black DecemberBlack DecemberBlack DecemberBlack December Attack Victim Speaks Out Against the Use of NetsBlack December: When Sharks Attacks Compelled The Government To Bomb The OceanHistory of Protection Against Shark Attack in KZNKiller Sharks: The Attacks of Black DecemberShark Nets Lifted During LockdownWet Matter