What The Duck?!
Episodes
Australian native animals as pets. Yes/No
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ann stumbles across spinifex hopping mice on gumtree and then finds herself cornered by a bloke with a crocodile (and more).
A girl walks in the woods
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After receiving a heartbreaking email, Ann goes on a mission to prove that ‘girls DO like spiders.’
How to catch an Emu
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Taking on an Emu is 100% a mind game.
Man vs quoll
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Between 1831 and 1916 there were 111 published reports of quolls eating human corpses. What. The. Duck?!
Aesop's Animals
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is the science behind the famous fables like the tortoise and the hare?
Wearing the skins of your enemies
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 fri...
Salty extremophiles
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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.
Snakes and Ladders
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How does a snake climb a pole? It's not like they have a ladder... or arms.
The kookaburra that conquered Hollywood
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yes, that was a kookaburra at the start of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. But WHY?
Tits, boobies and hooters
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it that bird names seem so… childishly misogynistic?
Are you really better than a bum-licking ant?
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Humans totally were the first farmers, right?! Think again.
Eat sh*t and prosper
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
Duck the Ripper
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ang...
INTRODUCING — What The Duck?!
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 eleme...