What The Duck?!
de ABC Australia
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It it just me, or is that sheep glow in the dark?
It it just me, or is that sheep glow in the dark?
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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.
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- It it just me, or is that sheep glow in the dark? · 26 minAnn heads to a hunting shop (stay with us) to pick up a UV torch. What she discovers? Ewe won’t believe it. Featuring: Linda Reinhold, Zoologist at James Cook University…
- Killer whales attack boat · 27 minMartin was sailing from the UK to Greece when a pod of orcas tried to sink his boat. Sounds like a one-off? Think again. Reports of killer whales attacking ships date back to the…
- Fully sick plants · 27 minCan plants get cancer? Do they get tumours? WAIT.. is that what those big knobbly bits are on trees? Dr Ann Jones pulls on her experience as a broadcaster with a brain, to find…
- Butts. What are they good for? · 26 minTwo million years ago, our ancestors had tiny ape-like butts. Then something strange happened.. our butts grew bigger. Butt, why? It turns out humans aren’t the only primates…
- Flaco the owl escapes cage in Central Park Zoo · 27 minA superhero origin story would absolutely be 12 years in a cage and then set free by secretive criminals. That’s the story of Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle Owl, released from his…
- Bumblebees have BIG feelings · 26 minMum says it’s ok to be angry. But it’s not ok to take over a whole island state. Featuring: Andrew Barron - Comparative Neuroscientist from Macquarie University, NSW Tim Low…
- What will we eat in space? · 26 minHow will we survive the cosmic void? Scientists have a superfood diet in mind, but will the smallest flowering plant on Earth REALLY save humanity? Featuring: Jenny Mortimer…
- Tits, boobies and hooters · 26 minWhy is it that bird names seem so… childishly misogynistic? Featuring: Professor Andrew Cockburn, bird watcher and word batcher, ANU Jeannie Gray, Author, Australian Bird…
- Can you speak fish? · 26 minSomeone get a translator app because the fish are ready to speak. FEATURING: Lauren Hawkins - Centre for Marine Science and Technology at Curtin University. Dr Aaron Rice…
- Hitchhikers guide to ecology · 26 minGrabbing a lift can go from bad to worse when your uber drops you outside your evolutionary niche. FEATURING: Dr Matt Greenlees - Sydney University. Arthur White - NSW frog and…
- G.O.A.T AUSTRALIAN WILDFLOWER · 55 minDoes Australia have a BEST wildflower? Hang on... what even is a flower? Dr Ann Jones and Belinda Smith count down the top 10 best wildflowers as voted by YOU in a special live…
- Flowers are disgusting, filthy, badasses · 26 minQuackery and Catfishing. Fake news doesn’t only happen on the human internet. Welcome to nature’s dark web. We didn’t TRY to make a spooky and disturbing episode... we just…
- Wombat scratches butt on recorder, snorts, gurgles and leaves. · 5 minWTF NATURE. I give up. ||A Message from Dr Ann - the What the Duck?! host and general dork.|| I don't really give up. The recording I took for the latest season of Nature…
- Dinosaur died. No flowers at funeral · 26 minIn fact, most dinosaurs never got the chance to stop and smell a flower... and it was all because of bad timing. Sad face. The meteor that killed all the dinosaurs (rude)…
- Duck on a screaming rampage wrecks Australia's 'quiet time' · 6 minIt was a perfect night. But this duck had other ideas. The scene: A perfect, wonderful, windless night at a wetland. You couldn't ask for better conditions. The sun sets and…
- Its survival relies on idiotic male wasps bonking it · 26 minThis flower takes needy to a whole new level! It was almost extinct. That was, until 2015, when a woman called Julie took it upon herself to make sure we didn’t lose the species…
- Who's your Daddy? · 26 minYou probably have a daddy-long-legs in your house right now. But when is having a weird housemate in the corner ACTUALLY a good thing? Dr Ann Jones investigates. Featuring: Dr…
- Flies are probably better at picking up than you are · 26 minFlies have rhythm and choreography, could their moves make the next TikTok dance fad? Dune flies groove to their own beat in dance-circles and hoverflies use rhythmic movements…
- Duck, marry, avoid, friendzone · 26 minLive from the World Science Festival Brisbane What the Duck?! is playing a game and you get to decide: duck, marry, avoid, or friendzone. You'll hear about the natural world's…
- What's with the electric eel's shocking attitude? · 26 minIt seems absolutely bonkers that an animal can muster ELECTRICITY, especially enough to send out a zap like a taser. But that's exactly what electric eels can do, and the world…
