Sex is Weird: Ep 6- Virgin birth
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It turns out not everyone was listening when it was written ‘it takes two to tango’ and some species can go it alone in their quest to reproduce. And then there’s the plants that decided THREE or ONE was for them, never an even number.  Why is sex so... suspiciously complicated?  Sex is Weird is a series of What the Duck?! with Dr Ann Jones following the sexual evolution of the natural world.   Please note that this program contains adult themes and explicit language. Parental guidance is recommended.    Featuring: Dr Meredith Lake, Presenter, Soul Search ABC Radio National. Dr Michael Whitehead, Evolutionary Ecologist.  Libby Eyre, Biologist, Macquarie University. Associate Professor Andrew Durso, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida.  Professor Michael Kearney,  University of Melbourne.  Dr Christine Dudgeon, University of Queensland.    Production: Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer Petria Ladgrove, Producer Additional mastering: Isabella Tropiano. This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and the Kaurna people.
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