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What The Duck?!

The show with a mission to explore the mysteries of nature - especially the ones that make you go What the Duck?!

science natural sciences

All Episodes

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How to speak Cicada

What The Duck?! ·

2022/11/11

The 'sound of summer' is actually thousands of blokes screaming 'PICK ME' at the top of their screaming cicada voices.

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30:00

Never skip leg day

What The Duck?! ·

2022/11/04

A millipede has a thousand legs right? WRONG!FEATURINGDr Juanita Rodriguez, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO.Dr Bruno Alves Buzatto, Flinders University.Luis Villazon, Science Educator UK. Production:Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.Petria Ladgrove, Producer.Additional mastering: Angela Grant.This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people.

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30:00

Animals on acid

What The Duck?! ·

2022/10/28

It turns out self medicating and herbal remedies are not exclusive to humans…FEATURINGDr Kevin Feeney, Central Washington University.Adjunct Professor Michael Huffman, University of Kyoto.Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison, Newcastle University UK.Production:Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.Nick Kilvert, Presenter/ Producer.Petria Ladgrove, Producer.This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people.

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26:15

The big bad wolf – have we got it wrong?

What The Duck?! ·

2022/10/21

How far from reality are the folk stories about wolves and dogs? We’re going right back to Aesop’s fables with zoologist and author Jo Wimpenny. Listen to part one (Aesop’s animals) here: FEATURINGDr Jo Wimpenny- Zoologist and AuthorProduction:Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.Petria Ladgrove, Producer.This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people.

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30:00

It DOES fart!

What The Duck?! ·

2022/10/14

The world's oldest fart is frozen in amber, and it is the source of the world's oldest fart joke. Listen to part one (Does it Fart?!) here.FEATURINGDani Rabaiotti, Author of Does it Fart? and Zoological Society of London.Dr Nick Gales, Former Head of Australian Antarctic Division.Prof Dave Watson, Charles Sturt University. Prof Jeffrey Stillwell, Adjunct Monash UniDr Adam Munn, Biologist. Production:Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.Petria Ladgrove, Producer.Jo Khan, Producer.This

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30:00

What's in your freezer?

What The Duck?! ·

2022/10/07

Move the peas over to find that Australian freezers have seals, kangaroo penises and the DNA of 'the Chanel of goats.'FEATURING:Dr Natalie Warburton, Murdoch University. Dr Jillian Garvey, La Trobe University. Dr Nicola Rivers, Monash University.Dianne Hakof, Hospital Manger Animal Health Department Zoos SAPRODUCTION:Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.Petria Ladgrove, Producer.This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people.

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30:00

It's still brown and sticky!

What The Duck?! ·

2022/09/30

There are so many sticky things in nature, but what's the nature of their stickiness? Ann puts on her spider-woman gloves to find out.FEATURING:Ella Tyler, wife of the late Prof Mike Tyler.Prof Andrew Smith, Biology, Ithaca College.Prof George Murrell, Director Orthopaedic Research Institute, St George Hospital, NSW.PRODUCTION:Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.Petria Ladgrove, Producer.This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people

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30:00

What's brown and sticky?

What The Duck?! ·

2022/09/23

If you ever wanted to be able to stick to walls like spider man, then listen to this.

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30:00

The flies have it

What The Duck?! ·

2022/09/16

As per usual the What the Duck?! team is elbow-deep in crap looking for a way out. And the way out, is flies. FEATURING:Dr Bryan Lessard, Entomologist, Author of Eyes on Flies. PRODUCTION:Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.Petria Ladgrove, Producer.Joel Werner, Script Editing.This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people.

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30:00

A short break for What the Duck?!

What The Duck?! ·

2022/08/26

What the Duck?! is taking a short break so instead you'll be hearing Radio New Zealand’s 'Our Changing World' on the radio for the next three weeks.

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Trees call out fake news

What The Duck?! ·

2022/08/19

Sawing through tree myths with Arborists Maja and Sam.No matter how good your job is, there’s always something that really cheeses you off, and Maja and Sam are SICK TO DEATH of all your misconceptions about trees.

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25:14

Why is my tree weeping?

What The Duck?! ·

2022/08/12

The duckie inbox has been swamped with tree mysteries.

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25:14

Could you eat an animal that does it in the...

What The Duck?! ·

2022/08/05

Ann revisits the release site of a bunch of (almost extinct) Murray Crayfish to find out the crays have been completing sexy rhythmic gymnastics in the mud on the bottom of the murray river.

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25:17

Stinging Science

What The Duck?! ·

2022/07/29

He makes things sting him on purpose. WHY.

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25:16

The bird-eating centipede

What The Duck?! ·

2022/07/22

It’s like a serial killer movie, a classic horror film. There are huge fangs, a segmented body, a remote location, the ocean bashes against cliffs, you’re all alone and there’s no one to help. The first bodies that turn up are of the children... of petrels.

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25:12

Become the Cuckoo

What The Duck?! ·

2022/07/15

How does a cuckoo know it's a cuckoo?

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25:15

Animals that mine

What The Duck?! ·

2022/07/08

So... what do you do when a crocodile and a shark end up in your mine pit? AT THE SAME TIME.

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25:17

Does it fart?

What The Duck?! ·

2022/07/01

Farts can be a matter of life or death, but not in the way that you're thinking. This is SERIOUS.

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25:14

Little Penguins

What The Duck?! ·

2022/06/24

Promiscuous penguins, climate change and penguin first aid.

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25:16

Koala AIDS (that’s all we need!)

What The Duck?! ·

2022/06/17

How much more can the koala bear?

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