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The left handed
Jeffrey S. Corwin was born in Norwell, Massachusetts 34 years ago. On July
11, 1967 the Corwins welcomed a cute little boy. |
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Could
they have ever imagined how crazy about animals little Jeff would become?
Well, Jeff is not "crazy" about animals. He is, for sure,
fascinated by them. And the Corwins soon noticed it.
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A really young Jeff
was fishing with his father when he saw a little turtle. Of course he tried to
catch it, with no lucky though.
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When he was 4
Jeff got bitten by a non venomous garden snake while he was playing on his
backyard. When asked to stay away from the kind he said "NO". He
had just loved his first encounter with one of the animals that would soon
become his favorite.
The passion
and fascination had just started. |
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Young Jeff filled
his bedroom with lots of aquariums containing all sorts of creepy crawly
creatures as snakes and spiders. But he wasn't just collecting them. He was
learning about and with them.
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At age of 16, just
a teenager, Jeff was invited by a group of scientists to go with them on his
first international adventure. He went to the rainforest of Belize, Central America. |
The teenager fell
in love as soon as he stepped into the rainforest. He loved even the heat and
the rain. Jeff was now engaged to study and help the conservation of the
Tropical Rainforests.
He went to Bridgewater
State University where he
got his degrees in Biology and Anthropology.
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While he was
pursuing his undergraduate degrees, Jeff Corwin worked to protect the
Rainforests of Central and South America. The Emerald
Canopy Rainforest Foundation
was established. He also served as a member of the Youth
Action Committee for the United Nations Environment Program.
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Mr. Corwin was also
certified as an Advanced Field Medical Specialist by the US
Army Academy of Health and Science,
Texas.
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In 1994, after
living for 3 years on the rainforests, Jeff joined
the Jason Project,
which is a program that brings wildlife adventures into classroom. In this
project Jeff wanted to encourage people to, at least, look at his favorite
animals, reptiles and amphibians, in a different way. He was teaching live
from the rainforest of Belize and the kids were watching him from their
classrooms trough the PINS
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After that, Jeff
helped to host and produce a documentary to be used in classroom called Jaguar
Trax. He is also the author
of a 32 page book called Jeff
Corwin's Mystery of the Rainforest Chocolate Tree.
In his house Jeff
keeps some interesting pets: snakes, a macaw, cats... and some people would
say he owns a fox. But the truth is, Jeff doesn't have much time to be at home
with his pets or even with his wife Tasha.
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In 1997 Disney
Channel aired the very first episode of "Going
Wild With Jeff Corwin".
With a great sense of humor and all his knowledge and wit Jeff traveled around
the world showing and teaching everybody about some amazing animals. Some
scary. Some cute. But all of them became deeply interesting for those who
watched "Going Wild". |
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