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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Mar 4, 2022 • 25min
Snakes and Ladders
How does a snake climb a pole? It's not like they have a ladder... or arms.
Feb 25, 2022 • 25min
The kookaburra that conquered Hollywood
Yes, that was a kookaburra at the start of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. But WHY?
Feb 18, 2022 • 25min
Tits, boobies and hooters
Why is it that bird names seem so… childishly misogynistic?
Feb 11, 2022 • 25min
Are you really better than a bum-licking ant?
Humans totally were the first farmers, right?! Think again.
Feb 4, 2022 • 25min
Eat sh*t and prosper
Evolution has resulted in a million ways that animals succeed on this earth, we just didn’t realise so many of them involved eating your own poo.
Jan 28, 2022 • 25min
Duck the Ripper
Ripper the musk duck had many bad habits – chief among them was attacking the keepers and then swearing under his breath. But was Ripper really angry, or was his swearing a symptom of something much more sinister?
Jan 20, 2022 • 3min
INTRODUCING — What The Duck?!
Australia is full of weird plants and animals. And Dr Ann Jones is on speaking terms with most of them! Each week Ann explores the most unusual elements of our natural world — the ones that make you go What the Duck?! Like why do quolls have spots? Who farts (and who doesn't)? And how do snakes climb trees? Join Ann alongside experts and ordinary Aussies alike to solve mysteries, smash myths and uncover the bizarre truth about nature down under.
