ABC Australia

What The Duck?!

Science EN ↓ 231 episodes

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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Episodes

The kookaburra that conquered Hollywood 25.02.2022 25:16

Yes, that was a kookaburra at the start of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. But WHY?

Tits, boobies and hooters 18.02.2022 25:17

Why is it that bird names seem so… childishly misogynistic?

Are you really better than a bum-licking ant? 11.02.2022 25:16

Humans totally were the first farmers, right?! Think again.

Eat sh*t and prosper 04.02.2022 25:16

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 28.01.2022 25:16

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?

INTRODUCING — What The Duck?! 20.01.2022 2:40

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 u...