What The Duck?!

ABC Australia

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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What The Duck?!

Episodes (218)

Jul 31st It’s survival relies on idiotic male wasps bonking it
Jul 24th Who's your Daddy?
Jul 17th Flies are probably better at picking up than you are

What The Duck?!

Jul 31, 2026
26 minutes
36 MB

This 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 altogether, and as it happened (baby) Ann Jones went along with a microphone. Now, it’s 10 years on, and Ann is older, greyer and more closely resembles a bearded orchid. But, given she hasn’t been made redundant yet, we can revisit the forest to ask – was all that effort worth it? Did the orchids survive? Featuring: Julie Radford, Threa...

What The Duck?!

It’s survival relies on idiotic male wasps bonking it

ABC Australia

00:00 -26:03