Jeff Corwin
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Jeffrey Samuel Corwin (born July 11 1967) better known as Jeff Corwin is the host and executive producer of The Jeff Corwin Experience and Corwin's Quest, two American television shows about animals airing on the Animal Planet cable channel. He previously appeared in Going Wild With Jeff Corwin on the Disney Channel. He also starred as himself in an episode of "", helping the detectives retrieve a human foot from inside a live crocodile.
Jeff Corwin was born in Norwell, Massachusetts. [link] He attended Norwell High School. Later he attended Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in both biology and anthropology. He conducted his graduate studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, obtaining a master of science in wildlife and fisheries conservation and doing work on bats and snakes. In 1999, Bridgewater awarded Corwin an honorary doctorate in public education. He lives with his wife, Natasha, and daughter Maya Rose.
Corwin first experienced the tropical rain forests in 1984 in Belize. As an undergraduate, he became active in conservation of rain forests in Central and South America and helped establish the Emerald Canopy Rainforest Foundation. He also participated in the youth action committee for the United Nations Environmental Program. He lectures on wildlife, ecology and conservation to audiences throughout the United States.
Television programs such as his and those of Steve Irwin and Terri Irwin (of The Crocodile Hunter) reflect a "human coexistence with wildlife approach" which is in sharp conflict with poachers and past practices in many parts of the world.
Mr. Corwin was also certified as an Advanced Field Medical Specialist by the US Army Academy of Health and Science, Texas.
Awards
In 2004, Corwin won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series for Jeff Corwin Unleashed. In 2005, he was nominated for the same award.External links
- [Jeff Corwin biography on Animal Planet Web Site]
- [Larry King interview where Jeff talks about his relation to Dracula]
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