

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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May 13, 2022 • 2min
BONUS - Who the Duck am I? #3
Dr Ann Jones is out filming for ABC TV , but she hasn't forgotten the loyal subscribers.Here's the final clue to a game of 'Who the duck?!' just for you!Please send your guesses to whattheduck@abc.net.au.

May 6, 2022 • 2min
BONUS - Who the Duck am I? #2
Dr Ann Jones is out filming for ABC TV , but she hasn't forgotten the loyal subscribers.Here's another clue to a game of 'Who the duck?!' just for you!Please send your guesses to whattheduck@abc.net.au.

Apr 29, 2022 • 2min
BONUS - Who the Duck am I?
Dr Ann Jones is out filming for ABC TV , but she hasn't forgotten the loyal subscribers.Here's a clue to a game of 'Who the duck?!' just for you!Please send your guesses to whattheduck@abc.net.au.

Apr 22, 2022 • 25min
Australian native animals as pets. Yes/No
Ann stumbles across spinifex hopping mice on gumtree and then finds herself cornered by a bloke with a crocodile (and more).

Apr 15, 2022 • 25min
A girl walks in the woods
After receiving a heartbreaking email, Ann goes on a mission to prove that ‘girls DO like spiders.’

Apr 8, 2022 • 25min
How to catch an Emu
Taking on an Emu is 100% a mind game.

Apr 1, 2022 • 25min
Man vs quoll
Between 1831 and 1916 there were 111 published reports of quolls eating human corpses. What. The. Duck?!

Mar 25, 2022 • 25min
Aesop's Animals
What is the science behind the famous fables like the tortoise and the hare?

Mar 18, 2022 • 25min
Wearing the skins of your enemies
Sometimes it’s not enough to liquify your enemies and drink them through a straw. Sometimes you have to wear their skins as you hunt down their friends and families.

Mar 11, 2022 • 25min
Salty extremophiles
This place is so extreme that NASA sends scientists to test equipment for Mars missions. And yet, Australia's salty lakes are full of life.