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.

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Content 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.

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Black December
Black December
Black December
Black December Attack Victim Speaks Out Against the Use of Nets
Black December: When Sharks Attacks Compelled The Government To Bomb The Ocean
History of Protection Against Shark Attack in KZN
Killer Sharks: The Attacks of Black December
Shark Nets Lifted During Lockdown
Wet Matter