Have you heard about that time a tiger shark regurgitated a human arm in the Coogee Aquarium?

It was the afternoon of April 26th, 1935, when the largest shark ever in captivity (we’re calling her Shirley) spewed up a full human arm in front of a dozen witnesses. The arm bore a distinctive tattoo & was identified as belonging to a known Sydney criminal named Jimmy. There are lots of twists & turns in this story & even a high speed boat chase, but how Jimmy's arm ended up in Shirley’s stomach (and what happened to the rest of him) still remains a mystery to this day.

Jacob shares the story with Turia Pitt.

We think you should listen to the Thai cave rescue episode of Turia's podcast 'Turia Pitt Is Hard Work' https://link.chtbl.com/2kASbn89

Skip straight to the story: approx 14:22

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Read the fantastic 2020 book two Aussie teachers wrote called SHARK ARM https://www.booktopia.com.au/shark-arm-phillip-roope/book/9781760875985.html

Glance at the first newspaper article that had the scoop https://dictionaryofsydney.org/media/59328

And take it from there… google image search is your friend on this one

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