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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.

Airs Saturday 5.30am Repeated: Sunday 3pm, Thursday 11.30am

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How many animals REALLY live in your house?

How many species live around your house? In the COVID lockdown of 2020, three housemates decided to count. They thought there’d only be a handful, but the number kept rising and rising.

Published: 16h agoFri 9 Feb 2024 at 6:30pmwith Ann Jones

Duration: 25 minutes

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Fruit flies, guinea pigs, frogs, monkeys, turtles, cats and dogs… all sorts of animals have been to space.

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SUMMER - Silence of the vultures

An ornithologist, a veterinarian and a religious devotee must find the serial killer before every last vulture in India is dead. The episode was first published on the 2nd of September 2023.

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Published: 19 Jan 2024Fri 19 Jan 2024 at 6:30pmwith Ann Jones

SUMMER - Are Naked Mole-rats the weirdest animals on earth?

They look like… 'sabre-toothed sausages', they can barely see, they live for a really long time and have a queen who oppresses them.

Duration: 25 minutes 6 seconds

Published: 12 Jan 2024Fri 12 Jan 2024 at 6:30pmwith Ann Jones

SUMMER - The ostrich-riding bushranger

He loved gold, so he robbed stagecoaches in South Australia and used an ostrich as a getaway car. OR DID HE?! This episode was first published on the 11th of February 2023. Featuring: Denice Mason, teacher and Meningie resident.

Duration: 25 minutes 6 seconds

Published: 5 Jan 2024Fri 5 Jan 2024 at 6:30pmwith Ann Jones

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