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The Best Episodes of Zoboomafoo Season 1

Every episode of Zoboomafoo Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Zoboomafoo Season 1!

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Zoboomafoo is an American children's television series that aired from January 25, 1999, to April 28, 2001, and is still shown today in syndication depending on the area, and it is regularly shown on PBS

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 1 - The Nose Knows
    9.5/10(24 votes)

    #1 - The Nose Knows

    S1:E1

    Toothbrush, the baby elephant finds Martin and Chris Kratt, roaming about in a cave where bats live. Since Toothbrush has been separated from her family, the Kratt brothers aide her in searching for them. This way, she will be reunited with them again. A garder snake is spotted, when Jackie was cutting the grass. The snake likes being in dark areas, so she doesn't mow down, part of the grass.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 2 - Eye Spy
    8.4/10(17 votes)

    #2 - Eye Spy

    S1:E2

    After admiring the camouflaged coats and amazing night vision of two visiting black jaguar cubs, Martin and Chris build a pair of "Eye-Spy goggles", a contraption that lets them see the world as various animals do. Jackie replants the evergreen that was her Christmas tree and decorates it with apples and popcorn for the birds.

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  3. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 3 - Dinosaurs
    8.8/10(18 votes)

    #3 - Dinosaurs

    S1:E3

    While the brothers are building a model of a dinosaur they call the ""Martinandchrisaurus,"" Zoboo tells them he thinks he saw a dinosaur on his way to Animal Junction. The mystery creature turns out to be a monitor lizard. Jackie breaks open a pellet from an owl's stomach to see its prey's bones and fur inside, then runs into the Kratts while visiting the Royal Ontario Museum to see dinosaur bones.

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  4. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 4 - Who's in the Hole?
    8.0/10(16 votes)

    #4 - Who's in the Hole?

    S1:E4

    A flying squirrel glides in looking for a hole to live in, and a search around Animal Junction reveals lots of other animals, from foxes and rabbits to snakes and porcupines, already living in various holes. When a man starts to cut down a dead tree with a hole in it, Jackie stops him by explaining that it may be the home of an owl.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 5 - Happy Lemur Day
    9.4/10(17 votes)

    #5 - Happy Lemur Day

    S1:E5

    When two fellow ring-tailed lemurs come to visit, Zoboo is stunned to hear that many people don't know what a lemur is. The Kratt brothers offer to remedy things by declaring an international Lemur Day holiday, complete with party and cake. Jackie rescues two turtles who were heading for a busy highway.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 6 - Swimming
    8.7/10(18 votes)

    #6 - Swimming

    S1:E6

    The arrival of a couple of river otters prompts a swimming party, with black jaguars, soft-shelled turtles, penguins, and capybaras jumping in. Jackie and her dog Goldie join in with a swim in MudPuppy Pond, where they meet even more water creatures.

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  7. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 7 - Slimy Buddies
    8.9/10(15 votes)

    #7 - Slimy Buddies

    S1:E7

    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.

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  8. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 8 - Snow Day
    7.6/10(16 votes)

    #8 - Snow Day

    S1:E8

    During the snowstorm of the century, Martin, Chris, Zoboo, and Jackie shelter one very cold Japanese snow monkey and shovel paths for animals having trouble maneuvering through the white stuff.

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  9. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 9 - Night Time
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    #9 - Night Time

    S1:E9

    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.

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  10. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 10 - Climbing
    9.6/10(18 votes)

    #10 - Climbing

    S1:E10

    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.

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  11. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 11 - Fierce Creatures
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #11 - Fierce Creatures

    S1:E11

    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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  12. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 12 - Homes
    8.6/10(16 votes)

    #12 - Homes

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 13 - Puppies
    7.7/10(17 votes)

    #13 - Puppies

    S1:E13

    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.

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  14. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 14 - Tracks
    8.6/10(15 votes)

    #14 - Tracks

    S1:E14

    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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  15. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 15 - Fling
    8.0/10(14 votes)

    #15 - Fling

    S1:E15

    "Fling" is the nickname the Kratts give to a white-fronted capuchin monkey, which they return to the wild. Jackie learns about the wild when she tries to build a terrarium for a frog.

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  16. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 16 - Itchy
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #16 - Itchy

    S1:E16

    Everyone has got an itch, whether it's from poison ivy, bugs, or burrs.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 17 - Ears Hear
    8.0/10(15 votes)

    #17 - Ears Hear

    S1:E17

    Rabbits, bloodhounds, springhares, and foxes weigh in as Chris and Martin want to hear every animal's range of hearing.

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  18. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 18 - Feeling Good
    8.9/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Feeling Good

    S1:E18

    It's all about animal coats, from porcupine to lynx to duck.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 19 - Running
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #19 - Running

    S1:E19

    Martin and Chris run like other animals, beginning with the emu, extending to the crab, the fisher, the gecko, and the cheetah.

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  20. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 20 - Animal Daycare
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #20 - Animal Daycare

    S1:E20

    Today, Animal Junction is full of baby creatures! A baby ring tailed lemur, lynx kittens, bobcat kittens, a sliver fox kit, and baby coatis all need to be taken care of. Chris and Martin build a creature playpen to keep them all in. DUCK! Jackie and her helpers find a baby bird that fell out of a tree. They make a nest and put the bird back for the mom to find him. TO THE CLOSET! The guys take a trip to see how different animal moms take care of their babies. CREATURE QUESTION: What creature is the biggest native North American land mammal and lives in big herds? Written by Anna Bourque Directed by Steve Wright

    Director:Steve Wright
    Writer:Anna Bourque

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  21. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 21 - Giants
    9.0/10(15 votes)

    #21 - Giants

    S1:E21

    There are giant animals galore at Animal Junction: giraffe, elephant, camel, and capybaras among them. This leads the Kratt brothers to find the world's biggest deer, biggest lemur, and biggest cat. Trees are also given giant attention.

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  22. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 22 - Pets
    6.7/10(15 votes)

    #22 - Pets

    S1:E22

    Chris and Martin find a bunch of pets at Animal Junction. They all belong to Jackie and her animal helpers. Zoboomafoo learns how to take care of ducklings, goldfish, a rabbit, puppies, kittens, a crab, and even a calf. We also learn that all pets need lots of love. Zoboo also learns which animals should be pets and which ones should be ""free and in the wild"". DUCK! While the guys are taking care of their pets, Jackie and the helpers take a raccoon back to his home. TO THE CLOSET! Jackie shows up at Animal Junction to help the guys take the pets back to their owners. CREATURE QUESTION: What creature uses Zoboo's hand as the spot to ""go""? As Martin says, ""You told her to go p* wherever she wants"". Ooops, false alarm, it's only pee!!! Funny guys! Written by Anna Bourque Directed by Steve Wright

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  23. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 23 - Bears
    9.0/10(15 votes)

    #23 - Bears

    S1:E23

    Animal Junction finds itself the center of attention for bears, wolverines, and kinkajous.

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  24. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 24 - Lids
    8.7/10(14 votes)

    #24 - Lids

    S1:E24

    The guys have a plan to plant grass seeds to attract the African Crowned Crane to Animal Junction. But, they have a time trying to keep the sheep and goats from eating all the grass beforehand. These creatures have amazing lids like horns on top of their heads. DUCK! Jackie learns about lids, like antennas on different creatures. TO THE CLOSET! Chris and Martin go off to find some more amazing lids. They run into prong horned antelope and a moose. They both have horns and antlers to protect their heads when fighting. CREATURE QUESTION: Written by Anna Bourque Directed by Steve Wright

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  25. Zoboomafoo Season 1 Episode 25 - Great Singers
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #25 - Great Singers

    S1:E25

    Animal "music" spills into Animal Junction, performed by camels, wolves, and elk, far better than a sound effects machine.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Nose Knows" is the best rated episode of "Zoboomafoo" season 1. It scored 9.5/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/25/1999. This episode is rated 1.1 points higher than the second-best, "Eye Spy".