ABC Australia

What The Duck?!

Science EN ↓ 215 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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BONUS - Who the Duck am I? 29.04.2022 1:55

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 .

Australian native animals as pets. Yes/No 22.04.2022 25:15

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 15.04.2022 25:15

After receiving a heartbreaking email, Ann goes on a mission to prove that ‘girls DO like spiders.’

How to catch an Emu 08.04.2022 25:15

Taking on an Emu is 100% a mind game.

Man vs quoll 01.04.2022 25:17

Between 1831 and 1916 there were 111 published reports of quolls eating human corpses. What. The. Duck?!

Aesop's Animals 25.03.2022 25:16

What is the science behind the famous fables like the tortoise and the hare?

Wearing the skins of your enemies 18.03.2022 25:15

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.

Salty extremophiles 11.03.2022 25:16

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 04.03.2022 25:17

How does a snake climb a pole? It's not like they have a ladder... or arms.

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...