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15 unusual facts about Animal Planet


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In November 2012, Revision3, the Discovery-owned online video network, entered into a partnership with Fishbowl Worldwide Media to distribute and sell advertising for its pets-focused YouTube programming, as well as to fund development of new shows, on its YouTube channel PETSAMI, run by FishBowl Digital Studio senior vice president and general manager David Beebe.

In late 2005, as part of a multi-million dollar expansion, the National Aquarium in Baltimore opened an exhibit called "Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extreme".

Animal Planet is also well known for its annual stunt program, the Puppy Bowl, a yearly special shown during the afternoon leading up to the NFL's Super Bowl, primarily consisting of puppies at play commentated by the late sports broadcaster Harry Kalas.

COSI Columbus

In 2003, COSI's basketball-playing rats, Doris and Edelia appeared on an episode of the Animal Planet series Pet Star, accompanied by two of their trainers, Christy Varner and Nathan Bellomy.

Dogo Argentino

On Animal Planet's Pit Boss, on "Shorty's Top Dog", Shorty and Hercules adopted a Dogo Argentino puppy named Mario.

Great Plains wolf

In the Animal Planet program, reports in Virginia have suggested that many of the Great Plains wolves in parts of the United States, including those migrating into said state, are diminishing in population due to a recent increase of crossbreeding with coyotes.

Ming of Harlem

In October 2010, the story of Yates and Ming was dramatized on the Animal Planet show Fatal Attractions.

New Zealand longfin eel

It was only after the Animal Planet documentary series River Monsters aired that these attacks were made public knowledge and fact.

Ninja miner

An episode of the Animal Planet series River Monsters filmed in Mongolia mentioned ninja miners; a local guide mentioning that ninjas will aggressively defend their claims from intruders.

Palm Beach Zoo

Animal Planet featured Tropics of the Americas on the television show "Ultimate Zoo" in 2006.

Payara

The payara is featured in the first season of the Animal Planet show River Monsters.

Rockford, Alabama

Fred gained popularity through a regular newspaper column, "A Dog's Life," about his activities and encounters, and then national recognition after he was profiled on cable TV's Animal Planet.

The ITM Fishing Show

The show started as a low budget production in Northland in New Zealand but has now been picked up by the Discovery and Animal Planet channels and will be broadcast in the USA in October 2009.

Vivacom

In addition to the three main stations, the Bulgarian National TV (BNT), bTV and Nova Televizia, the package includes bTV Cinema, bTV Action, bTV Comedy, Fox Life, Diema, CNN, Euronews, DW; the sports channels Eurosport and RING.bg; Fiesta TV, Animal Planet; the musical channels MAD, City TV, T rock, Planeta Folk, Fen TV, Balkanika; and the children's channels Е-KIDS and Super 7, among others.

Wookiee

In one episode of Animal Planet's series Animal Icons, focusing on the creation of Star Wars figures, it was revealed that the Wookiees were also based on orangutans and lemurs.


Alameda East Veterinary Hospital

In 1997, with the popularity of the NBC series ER on the rise, the cable network Animal Planet approached Taylor about doing a reality series based on emergency care for animals, much like AP's sister network TLC (TV channel) was doing with its new ER-based reality show Trauma: Life in the E.R. Taylor agreed, and Emergency Vets debuted in 1998.

Alison Holloway

She also worked as director or producer for Fox's network primetime series The Swan and "Kitchen Nightmares", NBC's "America's Got Talent", Court TV's documentary film, Death of a Beatle; Fox Television’s Bizarre World specials; produced specials for Court TV and Animal Planet.

Amboseli Elephant Research Project

The subjects of the Amboseli Elephant Research Project, mostly notably the elephant matriarch Echo, have been described at length in documentaries on PBS and Animal Planet.

Animals Asia Foundation

Animals Asia Foundation has been profiled on CNN, NPR, Animal Planet, the BBC, the National Geographic Channel, as well as in print media in several countries.

ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement Division

Animal Precinct - Animal Planet's documentary reality television series that follows the agents, including agent Tina Salaks, of the ASPCA's Humane Law Enforcement Division in their investigations of animal cruelty.

Belle Adler

Belle Adler specialized in documentary productions and is credited with producing Murder for Hire for the Discovery Channel; American Dream, American Nightmare for A&E's Investigative Reports, narrated by Bill Kurtis; Operation Animal Shield for Animal Planet and Discovery International, and was research director for Drugs on Public Lands, an A&E production.

She had previously been employed by several broadcasting stations like KGO-TV, WCBS-TV, and KQED and cable stations like CNN, A&E, Discovery Channel, and Animal Planet.

Bumble Ball

In 2006 on Animal Planet, footage of a dog (possibly an Irish Setter) with a Bumble Ball in its mouth has become a running gag where the host Keegan-Michael Key or the announcer would call it a "Jowl Jiggler."

Dave Kendall

Since the cancellation of 120 Minutes, he's worked on the internet, creating programs such as The Daily Dish, as a DJ, spinning records at clubs in New York and London, and on Television, at TechTV/G4, Sky, Channel 4, Travel Channel and Animal Planet.

Discovery Channel Norway

Discovery Networks also offer Animal Planet, Animal Planet HD, Discovery HD, Discovery Science, Discovery World and Discovery Travel & Living in Norway.

Donald Schultz

Schultz was on a show on Animal Planet called Wild Recon which ran for one season for a total of 10 episodes.

E-Vet Interns

It is a spinoff of Emergency Vets, a series about the lives of veterinarians at Alameda East that aired from 1998 to 2002 on the U.S. cable network Animal Planet.

East Bay Pit Bulls

The highlight of that effort takes place in their regular season finale on March 5, when Shorty Rossi, host of the Animal Planet series Pit Boss, will visit to share his own message of pit bull rescue.

Iliamna Lake Monster

Another theory that has gained attention due to the increasingly popular Animal Planet show “River Monsters” biologist Jeremy Wade determined that the monster may be no monster at all, but a white sturgeon which is indigenous to areas of Alaska.

Jackson Galaxy

Galaxy has appeared as the Official Cat Behaviorist for Game Show Network’s Think Like a Cat, and as the Cat Behavior Expert on Animal Planet’s Cats 101.

Jewpacabra

BFRO then see Cartman and think he is a real life "Bunny-Man", so they shoot him with a tranquilizer and hope to make an Animal Planet program documenting their capture, but instead of taking Cartman as their evidence, they take the gun with which they shot him.

Kevin Stillmock

Pet Projects: A television documentary series that featured Brittany Murphy was one of the first animal-oriented television series that Animal Planet later made famous.

Lloyd Pye

Pye also gave lectures and made television appearances in support of his ideas on The Learning Channel, National Geographic Channel, Extra, Animal Planet, and Richard & Judy in the United Kingdom.

Net Serviços de Comunicação

On 10 August 2010, NET became the first cable operator in Brazil to offer all the Discovery Latin America channels: Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Kids, People+Arts, Discovery Travel & Living, Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Science, Discovery Civilization, Discovery Turbo, HD Theater and TLC.

Pet psychic

Pet psychics like Gerri Leigh and Animal Planet's Sonya Fitzpatrick work in front of audiences with the pets and owners present at the same time.

RiksTV

On 12 June, it was announced that Animal Planet, Canal+ Film 2, the National Geographic Channel, TV 2 Sport and local television would launch later on.

The Real Lost World

The Real Lost World is a documentary, released on December 10, 2006 by Animal Planet, where a team of scientists journey to Monte Roraima in Venezuela, the plateau that inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's literary work, The Lost World.

Your Worst Animal Nightmares

Your Worst Animal Nightmares is a 2009 television show made by John Stainton broadcast by Animal Planet for The Discovery Channel.