# Who's your Daddy?

An episode of [What The Duck?!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1606314974), 24 Jul 2026, 26 min.

Audio: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/m8/Z/qs.mp3

You probably have a daddy-long-legs in your house right now. But when is having a weird housemate in the corner ACTUALLY a good thing? Dr Ann Jones investigates. Featuring: • Dr Samantha Nixon, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). • Dr Lizzy Lowe, Invertebrates Australia. • Thanks also to Dr Bernhard Huber, Arachnid Curator at Museum Koenig for helping us get the facts right. Production: • Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer. • Petria Ladgrove, Producer. • Additional mastering: Hamish Camilleri. This episode of What the Duck?! was originally broadcast in 2023 and was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and 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.

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