Zoboomafoo is an
American/
Canadian children's television series that aired from January 25, 1999 to November 21, 2001 and is still shown today in
syndication depending on the area and it is regularly shown on
Sprout. A total of 65 episodes were aired. A creation of the
Kratt brothers (
Chris and
Martin), it features a talking
Coquerel's Sifaka lemur named Zoboomafoo (voiced by
Toronto-born puppeteer Gord Robertson) and a collection of repeat animal guests. Every episode begins with the Kratt brothers in "Animal Junction," a peculiar place in which the rules of nature change and wild animals come to visit and play. After January 16, 2004, the show was pulled from its weekday airing on most
PBS stations, though some continue to air the show. On November 10, 2014, at the age of 20,
Jovian, the lemur who played Zoboomafoo in the show, died of
kidney failure at the
Duke Lemur Center.