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Zoboomafoo (1999)

Zoboomafoo poster
Genre
children's television series, live action/animated television series
Country
United States, Canada
Length
2 seasons, 65 episodes
Rated
TV-Y
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers run an animal sanctuary and learn about different creatures with the help of a talking lemur named Zoboomafoo. Each episode introduces a new animal and teaches kids about its habits and habitat.

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What happens

Zoboomafoo is a live-action/animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS from January 25, 1999, to November 21, 2001. After the original run on public television, reruns were shown on PBS Kids Sprout until 2012. A total of 65 episodes were aired. A creation of the Kratt Brothers (Chris and Martin Kratt), it features an anthropomorphic Coquerel's sifaka lemur named Zoboomafoo, performed by Canadian puppeteer Gord Robertson, and mainly portrayed by a lemur named Jovian, along with a collection of returned animal guests. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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