

What The Duck?!
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The show with a mission to explore the mysteries of nature - especially the ones that make you go What the Duck?!
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Dec 9, 2022 • 30min
The politics of being a cow
If you think that cow politics is just about the live export business, you are wrong.Cows have politics of their own – machinations to sort out who is the leader and who will be led. Featuring:Dr Rebecca Doyle, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne.Joe Gelonisi - the voice of cow facts. Derek Klingenberg, cattle trombonist.Production:Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people.

Dec 2, 2022 • 30min
Inside a cow pat
Here’s a field guide you probably don’t have — “Introduced Dung Beetles in Australia".

Nov 25, 2022 • 30min
Hitchhikers guide to ecology
Grabbing a lift can go from bad to worse when your uber drops you outside your evolutionary niche. FEATURINGDr Matt Greenlees, Sydney University.Arthur White, NSW frog and tadpole study group.David Chapple, Monash University.Dr Maggie Watson, Charles Sturt University. Dr Robert Streit, Reef Function Hub at James Cook University.Voice of the Internet: Nikolai Beilharz. Production:Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.Petria Ladgrove, Producer.Joel Werner, Script Editor. Additional mastering: Angela Grant.This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people.

Nov 18, 2022 • 30min
Field guide to car ecology
Ever wondered about the spiders in your car mirror? How they got there and ‘where the duck’ they’re going? FEATURINGDr Ken Walker, Senior Curator of Entomology, Museums Victoria Research Institute. Dr Laurent Keller, University of LausanneProduction:Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.Petria Ladgrove, Producer.Joel Werner, Script Editor. Additional mastering: Angela Grant.This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people.

Nov 11, 2022 • 30min
How to speak Cicada
The 'sound of summer' is actually thousands of blokes screaming 'PICK ME' at the top of their screaming cicada voices.

Nov 4, 2022 • 30min
Never skip leg day
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.

Oct 28, 2022 • 30min
Animals on acid
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.

Oct 21, 2022 • 26min
The big bad wolf – have we got it wrong?
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.

Oct 14, 2022 • 30min
It DOES fart!
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 episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people.

Oct 7, 2022 • 30min
What's in your freezer?
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.