What The Duck?!
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Koala AIDS (that’s all we need!)
How much more can the koala bear?
Blood suckers
You can run but you can't hide! Ever wondered how a mosquito manages to hit a blood vessel without fail?
The Roast Chook Fungi
It looks as if a roast chook had been tied to a four-poster bed.
Guess who’s back?
Back again!? The thylacine has made its last appearance alive on earth. Or has it? Ann chases the elusive Tasmanian Tiger with geneticists, conservationists and a bloke who saw one while he was coming home from the shops.
True Blue
Ann finds out that birds are not really blue. Not even bluebirds. They’re not blue. Then what the duck are they?
BONUS - Who the Duck am I? The ANSWER
Dr Ann Jones has the answer to the game of 'Who the duck?!' this week.Thanks for your many guesses and emails... it is now time for the big reveal. Stay tuned for the newest episode of What the Duck?! this Saturday!
BONUS - Who the Duck am I? #3
Dr Ann Jones is out filming for ABC TV , but she hasn't forgotten the loyal subscribers.Here's the final clue to a game of 'Who the duck?!' just for you!Please send your guesses to [email protected].
BONUS - Who the Duck am I? #2
Dr Ann Jones is out filming for ABC TV , but she hasn't forgotten the loyal subscribers.Here's another clue to a game of 'Who the duck?!' just for you!Please send your guesses to [email protected].
BONUS - Who the Duck am I?
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 [email protected].
Australian native animals as pets. Yes/No
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
After receiving a heartbreaking email, Ann goes on a mission to prove that ‘girls DO like spiders.’
How to catch an Emu
Taking on an Emu is 100% a mind game.
Man vs quoll
Between 1831 and 1916 there were 111 published reports of quolls eating human corpses. What. The. Duck?!
Aesop's Animals
What is the science behind the famous fables like the tortoise and the hare?
Wearing the skins of your enemies
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
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
How does a snake climb a pole? It's not like they have a ladder... or arms.
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?
Tits, boobies and hooters
Why is it that bird names seem so… childishly misogynistic?
Are you really better than a bum-licking ant?
Humans totally were the first farmers, right?! Think again.
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.
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?
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.