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Kratts' Creatures : Season 1
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Air date: 03 Jun '96 - 50 episodesKratts' Creatures is a children's television program on PBS. The show was hosted by the Kratt Brothers, Chris and Martin. It also featured Shannon Duff as Allison Baldwin and Ron Rubin as the voice of an animated anthropomorphic dinosaur. The show introduced its viewers to the world of animals. 50 episodes were produced in total. The show ran for only one season on PBS from June 3, 1996 until August 9, 1996. Then after cancellation, aired reruns until June 9, 2000. It also aired reruns on PBS Kids Go! from October 2006 to May 2008. Due to its popularity the show inspired an unofficial spinoff, Zoboomafoo, another show created by the Kratts, which premiered on January 25, 1999.
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List of Episodes (50)
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Kratts' Creatures (1996)
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1. Big Five, Little Five
03 Jun '96Chris and Martin seek the Big Five animals in South Africa: the elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo and leopard. It turns into a search for the little animals: the elephant shrew, rhino beetle, ant lion, buffalo weaver and leopard tortoise.
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2. City Critters
04 Jun '96Already Chris and Martin cross the border to find falcons, beavers, foxes, and coyotes in the urban world.
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3. Sharks
05 Jun '96Jumping at the chance to compete with Discovery Channel, Chris and Martin go to the Caribbean to dispel myths about sharks. They have an ideal shark expert to help them.
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4. Running with Wild Dogs
06 Jun '96Where are the African wild dogs? Martin takes to the jeep and Chris to a helicopter to find them.
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5. In Search of the Tasmanian Tiger
07 Jun '96A diary belonging to Allison's grandfather and great-uncle sends the Kratt brothers halfway around the world to look for the elusive Tasmanian ""Tiger.""
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6. The Great Defenders
10 Jun '96The brothers find effective animal defenses, with Martin getting the worst of these exchanges.
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7. Pan Troglodytes: An In-Depth Analysis
11 Jun '96The chimpanzee is on tap for this program. Chris and Martin watch baby chimps trained for returning to the wild.
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8. The Great Canadians
12 Jun '96Out in the Great White North, the Kratt brothers carry a canoe throughout their search for Canadian wildlife.
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9. Rain Forests: Under the Canopy
13 Jun '96In an attempt to help Allison finish her school report, the Kratt brothers do the obligatory program from inside a canopy in a Costa Rican rain forest.
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10. Creatures of the Night
14 Jun '96Chris and Martin are in Australia in search of nocturnal animals. During the night, they enter a cave in search for the elusive ghost bat.
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11. Elephants 1: Educating Emily
17 Jun '96The Kratts appear in an elephant orphanage in Kenya. It's their job to help prepare three baby elephants for their re-entry into the wild.
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12. Elephants 2: Wild Elephants Couldn't Drag Me Away
18 Jun '96Chris and Martin observe wild elephants to preview what's in store for Emily (the baby elephant from the previous episode).
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13. Weird Creatures
19 Jun '96Weirdness is in the eye of the beholder, or the species. This Chris and Martin learn when they go searching for what they think is the ultimate in weirdness: egg-laying mammals.
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14. Planet of the Dolphin
20 Jun '96Out in the Caribbean, Chris and Martin look for dolphins. Both brothers are particularly interesting in echo-location.
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15. The Great Bear Show
21 Jun '96A camping trip in Canada drives Chris and Martin to see the great bear and, in particular, how it gets food.
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16. Mgobo of Baboon Mountain
24 Jun '96Chris and Martin adopt different strategies for studying the lives of baboons in Africa.
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17. The How Show
25 Jun '96It's Allison's job to scour the city to find people who want the Kratts to answer creature questions. People ask about snakes, squirrels, and tails.
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18. Kickboxing Kangaroos
26 Jun '96It's a dirty job, but the Kratts have to do it, calling the play-by-play for a mob of wild kangaroos kicking and scratching for survival.
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19. The Giant Bug Invasion!!
27 Jun '96Chris and Martin take Allison with them in this spoof of 1950s sci-fi horror films. They must regain a wide collection of bugs before they take over the world.
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20. Heavyweights of Africa!
28 Jun '96Chris and Martin want to see an African rhino, but his habitat is guarded by crocodiles and the hippopotamus.
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21. The Redcoats Are Coming!
01 Jul '96Chris and Martin chase foxes and end up being chased by foxhounds.
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22. The Cow Show
02 Jul '96It's not the cow you think. Chris and Martin are off to the Florida Everglades in an effort to help save the manatee.
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23. Maximum Cheetah Velocity
03 Jul '96The cheetah may run fast, but as the Kratt brothers discover, its light body weight does have its disadvantages.
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24. Wild Ponies!
04 Jul '96At Chincoteague, Virginia, Chris and Martin try to mix with the wild ponies by teaming up in a horse costume.
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25. Who's Who?
05 Jul '96The Kratt brothers span through millions of years to trace the evolution of animals.
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