''Animal Planet Zooventure'' is an American children's television

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which originally broadcast on

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and

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from March 31, 1997 to 2000. The show was taped in the

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, and was hosted by

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. In the show, four child contestants competed in a series of animal-themed stunts for the grand prize, which is to be a

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for a day.

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External links

Animal Planet Zooventure
at the

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