What The Duck?!
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Categories: Science & Medicine
Listen to the last episode:
It's like a classic horror film. There are huge fangs, a segmented body, a remote location, the ocean bashing against cliffs, you're all alone and there's no one to help. The first bodies that turn up are of the children… of petrels. Featuring: Luke Halpin, PhD Researcher, Monash University Production: Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer Petria Ladgrove, Producer Joel Werner, Script Editing This episode of What the Duck?! was originally broadcast in 2022 and produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people. Find more episodes of the ABC podcast, What the Duck?! with the always curious Dr Ann Jones exploring the mysteries of nature on the ABC Listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll learn more about the weird and unusual aspects of our natural world in a quirky, fun way with easy to understand science.
Previous episodes
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184 - The bird-eating centipede Sat, 15 Nov 2025
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183 - No, centipedes don't have 100 legs Sat, 08 Nov 2025
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182 - Are animals musical? Sat, 01 Nov 2025
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181 - The trap is set: Webs, hypnosis, and mucus tubes Sat, 25 Oct 2025
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180 - Mushrooms: Is the future fungi? Fri, 17 Oct 2025
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179 - Mushrooms: What are they, really? Fri, 10 Oct 2025
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178 - Mushrooms: Why do they kill? Fri, 03 Oct 2025
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177 - What the Duck?! serves mushrooms Sun, 21 Sep 2025
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176 - Murder birds: The cuckoo's killer instinct Sat, 20 Sep 2025
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175 - Slug slime and frog glue: Get stuck into nature's stickiness Sat, 13 Sep 2025
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174 - What's brown and sticky? Sat, 06 Sep 2025
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173 - Mars on Earth: Salt lake life Sat, 30 Aug 2025
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172 - Is anything true blue? Sat, 23 Aug 2025
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171 - Australia's most underrated animal: Winner! Fri, 15 Aug 2025
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170 - Underrated animals: Dugong Sun, 10 Aug 2025
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169 - Underrated animals: Palm Cockatoo Sat, 09 Aug 2025
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168 - Underrated animals: Great desert skink Fri, 08 Aug 2025
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167 - Underrated animals: Marsupial mole Thu, 07 Aug 2025
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166 - Underrated animals: Turtle frog Wed, 06 Aug 2025
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165 - Underrated animals: Short-finned eel Tue, 05 Aug 2025
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164 - Underrated animals: Rakali Mon, 04 Aug 2025
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163 - Underrated animals: Velvet worm Sun, 03 Aug 2025
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162 - Underrated animals: Ghost bat Sat, 02 Aug 2025
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161 - Underrated animals: Giant cuttlefish Fri, 01 Aug 2025
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160 - What's in your freezer? Fri, 25 Jul 2025
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159 - Self-medicating species: Animals that say yes to drugs Fri, 18 Jul 2025
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158 - Old and smelly: Farts from the past Fri, 11 Jul 2025
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156 - Does it Fart? Fri, 04 Jul 2025
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155 - Hybrids, dog breeds and DNA: What makes a species? Fri, 27 Jun 2025
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154 - Modern dogs: What have we created? Fri, 20 Jun 2025
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153 - Dogs in Australia: What is a dingo? Fri, 13 Jun 2025
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152 - Woofs and wags: What's your dog telling you? Fri, 06 Jun 2025
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151 - Good dog: Survival of the friendliest Fri, 30 May 2025
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150 - Designer dogs: What is a breed anyway? Fri, 23 May 2025
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149 - Wolf to woof: Did we make dogs? Fri, 16 May 2025
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148 - Introducing What the Dogs?! Thu, 15 May 2025
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147 - Can snakes climb ladders? Sat, 10 May 2025
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146 - Snakes on the brain Sat, 03 May 2025
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145 - Hollywood bird sounds Sat, 26 Apr 2025
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144 - Spiders: the ultimate assassins Sat, 19 Apr 2025
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143 - Pandas, penises and performance anxiety Sat, 12 Apr 2025
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142 - Coming out of your shell Sat, 05 Apr 2025
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141 - Did Jaws get anything right about sharks? Sat, 29 Mar 2025
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140 - Girl, so confusing! Sat, 22 Mar 2025
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139 - How we really feel about eels Sat, 15 Mar 2025
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138 - Why do animals have penises? Sat, 08 Mar 2025
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137 - Hollywood lied to us: Babe Sat, 01 Mar 2025
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136 - Hollywood lied to us: The Birds Sat, 22 Feb 2025
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135 - Hollywood lied to us: Antz Sat, 15 Feb 2025
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134 - Hollywood lied to us: Cocaine Bear Sat, 08 Feb 2025