What The Duck?!

The bird-eating centipede

Published: November 14, 2025

Duration: 25:46

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 there's no one to help.

The first bodies that turn up are of the children… of petrels.

Featuring:

Luke Halpin, PhD Researcher, Monash University

Production:

Ann Jones, Presenter / ProducerPetria Ladgrove, ProducerJoel Werner, Script Editing

This episode of What the Duck?! was originally broadcast in 2022 and produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people.

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