What The Duck?!

Why is it that bird names seem so… childishly misogynistic? 
Featuring: 
Professor Andrew Cockburn, bird watcher and word batcher, ANU
Jeannie Gray, Author, Australian Bird Names: Origins and Meanings.
Ian Fraser, Author, Australia Bird Names:  Origins and Meanings.
Stephen Downes, the brains behind @Parrotoftheday social media accounts
Stephen Moss, Author, Mrs Moreau's Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names.
Nola Turner-Jensen, Culture Inclusion Specialist and Wiradjuri Historian
Dr Ayesha Tulloch, Research Fellow, QUT.
This episode was first broadcast in 2022.
Featuring extra sounds from listeners:
Large-tailed Nightjar from Briony Barnett.
Cat Bird from Scott Fisher. 
And extra sounds from bird enthusiasts:
Marc Anderson, XC287030. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/287030 ( Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0)
Yong Ding Li, XC57231. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/57231 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5)
Phil Gregory, XC690345. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/690345 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0)
Production:
Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.
Petria Ladgrove, Producer.
Joel Werner, Script Editing.
This episode of What the Duck?! 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 ABC Listen (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.

Someone get a translator app because the fish are ready to speak. 
FEATURING: 
Lauren Hawkins - Centre for Marine Science and Technology at Curtin University.
Dr Aaron Rice - Research Scientist at Cornell University. 
FEATURED SOUNDS :
Thanks to Aaron and Lauren for providing sounds as well as Professor Robert McCauley and the Centre for Marine Science and Technology at Curtin University. 
PRODUCTION:
Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer
Petria Ladgrove, Producer
Additional mastering:  Hamish Camilleri
This episode of What the Duck was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung people. 
Find more episodes of the ABC podcast, What the Duck?! with the always curious Dr Ann Jones exploring the mysteries of nature on ABC Listen (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.

Grabbing a lift can go from bad to worse when your uber drops you outside your evolutionary niche. 
FEATURING:
Dr Matt Greenlees - Sydney University.
Arthur White - NSW frog and tadpole study group.
David Chapple - Monash University.
Dr Maggie Watson - Charles Sturt University.
Dr Robert Streit - Reef Function Hub at James Cook University.
Voice of the Internet: Nikolai Beilharz. 
PRODUCTION: 
Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.
Petria Ladgrove, Producer.
Joel Werner, Script Editor.
Additional mastering: Brendan O'Neill.
This episode of What the Duck was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung people. 
Find more episodes of the ABC podcast, What the Duck?! with the always curious Dr Ann Jones exploring the mysteries of nature on ABC Listen (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.

Does Australia have a BEST wildflower? Hang on... what even is a flower? Dr Ann Jones and Belinda Smith count down the top 10 best wildflowers as voted by YOU in a special live show, The Hour of Flower.  
FEATURING: 
Tim Entwisle – Author, The Sceptical Botanist. Former CEO of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne
Chantelle Doyle - Research Associate, Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences UNSW
Kingsley Dixon - Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia
Mira Jordan - PhD candidate, Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Centre for Ecosystem Science and Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, UNSW
Costa Georgiadis - Presenter, Gardening Australia
PRODUCTION: 
Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer
Belinda Smith, Presenter / Producer
Petria Ladgrove, Executive Producer
Sarah Prosser, Producer
Studio Engineer, Carey Dell 
This episode of What the Duck was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung people. 
Find more episodes of the ABC podcast, What the Duck?! with the always curious Dr Ann Jones exploring the mysteries of nature on ABC Listen (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.

Quackery and Catfishing. Fake news doesn’t only happen on the human internet. Welcome to nature’s dark web.
We didn’t TRY to make a spooky and disturbing episode... we just wanted to talk about plants with DUCK in the title. But oh boy, these flowers are savage!  One of them has become internet famous for a detox that could literally kill you. Another catfishes its pollinators by pretending to be (and even feeling like) the ‘private’ parts of a female fly!  Nature isn’t safe from this algorithm.
Featuring:
Tim Entwisle – Author, The Sceptical Botanist. Former CEO of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne
Katherine Isoardi - Associate Professor, University of Queensland. Senior Staff Specialist Emergency Physician and Clinical Toxicologist
Julie Radford - Threatened Species expert
Gareth Prosser – Professional Voice Over Artist whose wife roped him in 
Production:
Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer
Sarah Prosser, Producer
Mastering Engineer, Harvey O’Sullivan 
This episode of What the Duck was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung people. 
Find more episodes of the ABC podcast, What the Duck?! with the always curious Dr Ann Jones exploring the mysteries of nature on ABC Listen (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.