Episode
Zoboomafoo: Puppies
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Zoboomafoo
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1999-02-10
- Runtime
- 27 min
Episode context
Puppies is Episode 13 in Season 1 of Zoboomafoo. It aired on 1999-02-10. The runtime is 27 min.
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Episode 12: Homes
The Kratts help out a beaver who's looking for wood to build a dam, and Jackie and the Animal Helpers build nest boxes for Eastern bluebirds.
Episode 14: Tracks
Martin and Chris follow the tracks of a lynx through the snow, and Jackie works on protecting her bird feeder from marauding squirrels.
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Episode 15: Fling
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Episode 10: Climbing
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Episode 16: Itchy
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Episode 9: Night Time
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Episode 17: Ears Hear
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Episode 8: Snow Day
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Episode 18: Feeling Good
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Episode 7: Slimy Buddies
Chris, Martin, and Zoboo explore the good things about slime, from puppies showing affection by licking to the slick coatings that keep frogs from drying out and let earthworms slide through dirt. To help make MudPuppy Pond an even better home for her own favorite slimy buddies "mudpuppy salamanders", Jackie rakes dead leaves into the water.
Episode 19: Running
Martin and Chris run like other animals, beginning with the emu, extending to the crab, the fisher, the gecko, and the cheetah.