Podcast Episodes

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'.'

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

The bird-eating centipede

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 the…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

No, centipedes don't have 100 legs

Turns out centipedes versus millipedes isn't as simple as a numbers game.

But here at What the Duck?! we never skip leg day.

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Are animals musical?

Can animals create, or even enjoy music?

Ann rips through the animal kingdom to check out the musical talent of some likely and unlikely performers.

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5 months ago

The trap is set: Webs, hypnosis, and mucus tubes

We'll all go to trouble to get a good meal, but some animals take it to the extreme.

Some build architectural masterpieces to entrap their prey, or us…

5 months, 1 week ago

Mushrooms: Is the future fungi?

Fungi are already hard at work helping trees survive drought, recycling fallen logs, rotting away carcases, and helping human digestive systems, but …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Mushrooms: What are they, really?

Mushrooms were once lumped in with plants, and they stayed there well after science knew better.

But if a fungus is not a plant… is it a closer relati…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Mushrooms: Why do they kill?

As daily updates about the 'mushroom murders' monopolised newsfeeds around the country, the What the Duck?! team started questioning the motives.  No…

6 months ago

What the Duck?! serves mushrooms

Have you found yourself wondering why a simple brown mushroom would develop a toxin so strong that just a few grams could kill a human?

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Murder birds: The cuckoo's killer instinct

Cuckoo babies hatch in the nests of other bird species then quickly, often brutally, make sure they're the only baby to get fed…

So how does a cuckoo …

6 months, 2 weeks ago