What The Duck?!
Hosted by Ann Jones · ABC Australia
4.9from 174 ratings
- 213
- Episodes
- 129
- Transcribed
- 174
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 669
- YouTube views
About 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.
- Publisher
- ABC Australia
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 Jan 2022
- Latest episode
- 1 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
129 of 213 episodes have a transcript.
1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
It it just me, or is that sheep glow in the dark?
25 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Killer whales attack boat
16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Fully sick plants
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It it just me, or is that sheep glow in the dark?
Published 1 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Fluorescence is a category of what we call photoluminescence. Luminescence is just the emission of light. So those light sticks, you know, the ones you snap and shake and they glow, that's called chemiluminescence. It's chemical reactions producing the energy to give you the light that is luminescence. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Linda Reinhold
- Simon Lewis
- Kenny Travouillon
- Caitlin Grieve
- Martin Evans
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 669
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 34 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 140 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
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- Quality
- 73
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 66
- Engagement
- 95
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Who hosts What The Duck?!?
Ann Jones host the show. Published by ABC Australia.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does What The Duck?! take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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