Girls just wanna have frogs

After receiving a heartbreaking email, Ann goes on a mission to prove that 'girls DO like spiders, frogs and all things nature'.'

Featuring:

Lyra and Julie Gould from Canada
Dr. Jodi Rowley- Australian Museum and University of NSW
Professor Maydianne Andrade- University of Toronto
Dr. Amber Beavis- Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer
Associate Professor Tanya Latty- Sydney University

Plus excerpts from videos to Lyra from:

Dr Federica Turco
Dr Juanita Rodriguez
Dr Kate Umbers
Dr Perry Beasley-Hall
Dr Jessica Fenker
Josie Styles
Ying Luo

Plus extra sounds from:

Christopher MacGregor, ABC Radio National listener with an excellent frog chorus from Bayswater in Perth, WA
Frank Lambert, with a Spot-throated Babbler recording from Thailand, via xeno canto XC200877 (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Production:

Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer
Petria Ladgrove, Producer
Joel Werner, Script Editing

This episode of What the Duck?! was originally broadcast in 2022 and was 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.

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Girls just wanna have frogs