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| The Jeff Corwin Experience | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Nature documentary Travel documentary |
| Starring | Jeff Corwin |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 42 |
| Original release | |
| Network | Animal Planet |
| Release | December 7, 2000 – December 3, 2003 |
The Jeff Corwin Experience is an American wildlife documentary television program that premiered on the Animal Planet cable channel in 2000. It was hosted by actor and conservationist Jeff Corwin, who previously hosted Disney Channel's Going Wild with Jeff Corwin .
In its initial season, the program included a cobra festival in India, jungles in Thailand, Borneo and the Galápagos 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, which would be suitable for science education in state schools. 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.
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Borneo: A Wild Man in Borneo" | December 7, 2000 | |
Jeff Corwin travels to the jungle island of Borneo. | |||
| 2 | "India: Riding the Cobra Express" | December 10, 2000 | |
Jeff Corwin attends an annual festival dedicated to the deadly cobra. | |||
| 3 | "Arizona: Land of the Serpent" | December 17, 2000 | |
Jeff discovers that the Arizona desert is crawling with creatures evolved to thrive in these harsh conditions. | |||
| 4 | "Alaska: Northern Exposure" | January 21, 2001 | |
Jeff explores Alaska, a largely unexplored and undeveloped terrain | |||
| 5 | "Louisiana: Call of the Cajun Wild" | February 4, 2001 | |
Jeff travels to the bayous of southern Louisiana. | |||
| 6 | "Thailand: The Royalty of Siam" | February 25, 2001 | |
Jeff Corwin examines the different classes of elephants. | |||
| 7 | "Indonesia: Six Days to the Dragon" | March 18, 2001 | |
Jeff searches for the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard. | |||
| 8 | "South America: Into the Heart of Darkness" | March 26, 2001 | |
Jeff explores a largely unexplored rain forest. | |||
| 9 | "Brazil: The River Wolf and the Isle of Serpents" | May 13, 2001 | |
Jeff enters the largest system of wetlands in the world. | |||
| 10 | "Namibia: Into Africa" | May 20, 2001 | |
Jeff searches for the world's tallest sand dunes in the oldest desert. | |||
| 11 | "Madagascar: The Land That Time Forgot" | June 24, 2001 | |
Jeff enters an island whose organisms have evolved in isolation. | |||
| 12 | "Panama: Bridge Between the Americas" | August 19, 2001 | |
Jeff Corwin explores the isthmus. | |||
| 13 | "Galapagos: The Living Laboratory" | August 26, 2001 | |
Jeff follows the evolutionary footsteps of Charles Darwin in the archipelago. | |||
| 14 | "Extreme Encounters" | August 26, 2001 | |
A clip show episode. | |||
| 15 | "Snake-tacular" | September 2, 2001 | |
Jeff Corwin searches the world for the ultimate snake encounter. | |||
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | "Florida: Exploring Pascua de Florida" | February 27, 2002 | |
Jeff's journey takes him to Florida. | |||
| 17 | "Guyana: Land of the Giants" | March 24, 2002 | |
Jeff Corwin explores the dense rain forest that thousands of "giants" call home. | |||
| 18 | "California: The Wild One" | March 24, 2002 | |
Jeff travels to Californian coast. | |||
| 19 | "Costa Rica: The Arribiatta" | May 26, 2002 | |
Jeff Corwin explores a secluded beach. | |||
| 20 | "Amazon: Goin' Bananas" | July 7, 2002 | |
Jeff goes to the most impressive river system in the world, the Amazon. | |||
| 21 | "Australia: Out of Balance Down Under" | July 14, 2002 | |
Jeff Corwin visits Australia's unique creatures. | |||
| 22 | "Tasmania: Sympathy for the Devil" | July 21, 2002 | |
Jeff experiences the bizarre wildlife paradise of Tasmania. | |||
| 23 | "Zanzibar: Dr. Corwin I Presume" | July 28, 2002 | |
Jeff follows in the footsteps of explorer Stanley Livingstone. | |||
| 24 | "Tanzania: Bodies in Motion" | July 28, 2002 | |
Jeff sees a massive wildebeest migration and the predators that follow. | |||
| 25 | "India: Between the Tiger and the Lion" | August 4, 2002 | |
Jeff seeks to find India's big cats. | |||
| 26 | "Nepal: Journey to Shangri-La" | August 11, 2002 | |
Jeff encounters some of the most rare and majestic animals in the world. | |||
| 27 | "Morocco: A Time Machine of Sand" | August 18, 2002 | |
Jeff uncovers the secretive desert animals. | |||
| 28 | "Spain: Americano Loco" | August 25, 2002 | |
Jeff discovers all the fascinating creatures in Spain. | |||
| 29 | "Caught in the Act" | December 2, 2002 | |
A compilation of bloopers and uncooperative animals. | |||
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | "Botswana: Exploring the Elephant Highway" | February 26, 2003 | |
Jeff tracks the migration routes of African bush elephants. | |||
| 31 | "Uganda: It's a Croc Story" | March 5, 2003 | |
Jeff searches for a 20 foot crocodile. | |||
| 32 | "Mexico: The Great Snake Hunt" | March 12, 2003 | |
Jeff searches for some venomous snakes. | |||
| 33 | "Peru: Bear Necessities" | March 19, 2003 | |
Jeff helps save South America's largest carnivore. | |||
| 34 | "Kenya: Hyena, Queen of the Beasts" | March 26, 2003 | |
Jeff dispels some of the myths concerning misunderstood predators. | |||
| 35 | "Australia: Going Bats Down Under" | October 15, 2003 | |
Jeff learns about flying foxes. | |||
| 36 | "Cambodia: Snakes on the Menu" | October 22, 2003 | |
Jeff exposes perpetrators of the illegal wildlife trade. | |||
| 37 | "Indonesia: The Orangutan Freedom Journey" | October 29, 2003 | |
The orangutan population dwindles due to poaching. | |||
| 38 | "The Big Bad Wolf?" | November 5, 2003 | |
Jeff traverses the western United States to understand the North American gray wolf. | |||
| 39 | "Brazil: Saving the Tamarin" | November 12, 2003 | |
Jeff relocates some tamarins. | |||
| 40 | "Venezuela: Operation Anaconda" | November 19, 2003 | |
Jeff is hot on the trail of female anacondas. | |||
| 41 | "Where's Jeff?" | November 26, 2003 | |
Corwin is blindfolded, and must determine what state he is in based on the snakes he finds. | |||
| 42 | "The Urban Show" | December 3, 2003 | |
Jeff encounters amazing creatures in America's urban jungles. | |||
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