Episode
Zoboomafoo: Climbing
Overview
Many animals have unique features that help them climb, from the sticky pads on the bottoms of frogs' feet to the prehensile tail of the kinkajou. The Kratts lose a climbing contest to a band of coatis, whose sharp claws and long tails give them an advantage, while Jackie and the Animal Helpers rescue a kitten who has figured out how to climb up a tree—but not how to get back down to the ground.
Details
- Series
- Zoboomafoo
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1999-02-05
- Runtime
- 27 min
Episode context
Climbing is Episode 10 in Season 1 of Zoboomafoo. It aired on 1999-02-05. The runtime is 27 min.
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Episode 9: Night Time
A camp-out at Animal Junction gives everyone a chance to discover nocturnal animals, creatures who sleep during the day and are active at night. Binturongs, raccoons, owls, ringtails, and dormice are among those living the night life.
Episode 11: Fierce Creatures
Zoboo decides he wants to join a visiting pack of Arctic wolves, so he takes lessons in howling, hunting, and obeying the pack pecking order. But just when he's ready to go home with his new friends, someone explains how different from warm, sunny Animal Junction the wolves' home territory is, and he rethinks his decision. Meanwhile, Jackie rescues a spider who's been stranded in a neighbor's bathtub.
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Episode 12: Homes
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Episode 7: Slimy Buddies
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Episode 13: Puppies
The discovery of a litter of eight puppies turns Chris, Martin, and Zoboo into puppysitters. When one of the puppies and a calf both wander off from their mothers, everyone at Animal Junction learns how important it is to keep a close watch on babies.
Episode 6: Swimming
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Episode 14: Tracks
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Episode 5: Happy Lemur Day
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Episode 15: Fling
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Episode 4: Who's in the Hole?
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Episode 16: Itchy
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