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8.5/10 TV No. of seasons 3 First episode date 10 May 2001 | 7.2/10 IMDb No. of episodes 39 Final episode date 2003 Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original release December 7, 2000 – 2003 Similar Corwin's Quest, Going Wild with Jeff Corwin, The Crocodile Hunter, Ms Adventure, Weird - True & Freaky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Jeff Corwin Experience is an American television show about mostly tropical animals airing on the Animal Planet cable channel since 2000. It is hosted by actor and conservationist Jeff Corwin, who previously appeared on Disney Channel's Going Wild With Jeff Corwin.
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Overview
In its initial season, the program included a cobra festival in India, jungles in Thailand, Borneo and the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador in South America. The following year, the program featured Guyana, Australia and Tanzania. In its third season in 2005, Mexico and Peru were included, as well as Kenya and Uganda in Africa. While the program includes some North American settings, segments have included all the other continents except Antarctica.
The program has educational value, but is produced to entertain as well. Jeff is often bitten or nearly bitten by the animals being described. Jeff also enjoys making numerous jokes and references to pop culture and movies.
Corwin was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in public education from Bridgewater State College. He has long been a proponent of rain forest preservation. Programs such as this and those of Steve Irwin and Terri Irwin (of The Crocodile Hunter) reflect a "human coexistence with wildlife approach" which is in sharp conflict with poachers and past practices in many parts of the world.
Episodes
Season 1
Animals: Asian elephant, macaque, orangutan, swiftlet, cat, bat, proboscis monkey, leech, harlequin tree frog
Animals: Dall's porpoise, sea otter, Stellar sea lion, Giant Pacific octopus, black bear, muskox, pika, red fox, Dall sheep, Alaskan moose
Animals: tapir, anaconda, giant river turtle, Leptodactylus pentadactylus, leafcutter ant, green vine snake, rusty tree frog, kinkajou
Season 2
Animals: eastern indigo snake, manatee, skink, moccasin snake, Siren, apple snail, American alligator, cougar, eastern diamondback rattlesnake
Animals: giant river turtle, green vine snake, golden poison frog, cane toad, diamondback rattlesnake, giant otter, unknown rat
Animals: great white shark, unidentified jellyfish, southern sea otter, seagull, black bear, southern Pacific rattlesnake, bobcat
Animals: pirarucu, Bothrops atrox, squirrel monkey, monkey frog, bald uakari, mata mata, pale-throated sloth
Species: coconut crab, Indian almond, Zanzibar red colobus monkey, street cat, weaver ant, hyrax, Aldabra tortoise, hippopotamus, painted dog, Acacia drepanolobium, ant, puff adder, baobab, arboreal gecko
Animals: Indian cobra, banyan tree, black faced langur, Indian antelope, beautia, spotted deer, Bengal tiger, sambar deer, spiny-tailed lizard, water buffalo, camel
Species: Barbary macaque, Iberian lynx, eucalyptus, Mediterranean chameleon, lesser kestrel, Moorish gecko, European pond turtle, European water snake, sacred scarab beetle
Season 3
Animals: Bornean orangutan, (possibly) gibbon, binturong, macaque, sun bear, cobra, (possibly) king cobra