When you were a kid, you probably watched some PBS in your time. If your formative years were specifically during the 1990s and early 2000s, as mine were, there's one name you'll never forget: Zoboomafoo.
Zoboomafoo was the titular lemur star of the PBS kids' show that also starred brothers Chris and Martin Kratt as they taught us all about the wonders of wildlife. Sadly, Jovian, the Coquerel's sifaka lemur who portrayed Zoboomafoo died of kidney failure Nov. 10 at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, N.C. He was 20 years old.
Zoboomafoo ran for 65 episodes on PBS from 1999 to 2001. In each episode, the Kratt Brothers would explore wildlife according to a certain theme, such as water creatures, legs or swimming. Zoboomafoo, or Zoboo for short, was their trusty sidekick who climbed trees and hopped around their Animal Junction home to provide some cuteness to the show. Zoboomafoo sometimes switched out Jovian for a rather convincing puppet lemur who talked to the Kratt Brothers in a wacky voice, as you do when you're on a children's show.
