A tiny penis, a 12-hour annual fertilisation window, picky females and strawberry bubble bath – these are just a few of the issues that pop up when making a panda cub.

Featuring:

Chad Crittle, Acting Assistant Curator for Carnivores and Ungulates at Zoos SA.
Mr Li Zhang, Consul, Head of Bilateral Section at the Chinese Consulate-General in Adelaide.
Dr Meghan Martin Wintle, Director, Conservation Ecologist at PDX Wildlife.

Production:

Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.
Petria Ladgrove, Producer.
Additional mastering: Carey Dell.

This episode of What the Duck?! was first broadcast on April the 1st 2023 and was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and Kaurna people. The pandas, Wang Wang and Fu Ni, are no longer at the Adelaide Zoo. They've been replaced with new pandas, Xing Qiu and Yi Lan.

Pandas, penises and performance anxiety