Bindi the Jungle Girl (TV series)

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Bindi the Jungle Girl is a television show starring Bindi Irwin, daughter of Steve and Terri Irwin. Scheduled for 26 episodes, the show debuted on June 9, 2007 on American networks Discovery Kids and simulcast on Animal Planet and in Australia on July 18, 2007.^[1]

Steve Irwin appeared in several episodes filmed prior to his death in 2006. Filming of Bindi's show has continued since her father's death.

1 Episodes
2 Related special
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Episodes

Number	First aired	Title	Description
1-01	June 09, 2007	Not Many Left	Bindi provides a tour of her tree house. She introduces her animal friends, and shows us some of the animals that need our help to survive in the wild.
1-02	June 09, 2007	Elephants at Work	Bindi talks about Asian elephants, who have been the workhorses of Asia for centuries, and the role they play in today's world. Meanwhile, Steve and Wes travel to Sri Lanka and Thailand to study the elephant.
1-03	June 16, 2007	American Beauties	Bindi take a trip across the United States, with dad Steve and mum Terri to look at some of the unusual and interesting wildlife in America. They meet elk, bighorn sheep, black bears, bison, wolves, snakes, prairie dogs and alligators.
1-04	June 16, 2007	Cat Tracks	Bindi and her dad Steve goes to Africa to take a closer look at Lions. While Steve works with vets in South Africa to attach satellite-tracking devices to a male lion, Bindi shows off some smaller cats.
1-05	June 23, 2007	Aussie Icons	Bindi takes a look at some of the famous animals and landmarks of Australia with dad Steve and mum Terri including koalas, kangaroos, wombats, echidnas, possums, kookaburras and crocodiles as well as the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House
1-06	June 23, 2007	Mouthing Off	Dental care is important to stay alive but in the wild, animals have to live with toothaches, in captivity however they're given the very best dental treatment. Bindi, Wes and Terri try some dentistry of their own in the Jungle Girl's Tree House.
1-07	June 30, 2007	Dogs R Wild	Bindi, Terri and Wes checks out a training facility for police dogs and the pet domestic dogs wild cousins - wild dogs from Africa, dingoes from Australia and wolves from the Arctic.
1-08	June 30, 2007	End of the World	Bindi travels to a land of cold and ice as her dad Steve takes her on a journey to the end of the world - the southern tip of South America and Antarctica where they experience the unusual wildlife that thrives in the coldest part of the world.
1-09	July 7, 2007	Like an Eagle	Bindi and her dad Steve and mum Terri explore the world of big birds like macaws, cockatoos, vultures, condors and eagles, and the role they have in the animal kingdom.
1-10	July 14, 2007	Prince Rajah	Bindi shows us some of the biggest cats in the world- lions and tigers. Home Tigers become part of the Australia Zoo family while dad Steve helps an injured lion to recovery in the USA.
1-11	September 8, 2007	Lizard Tales	Bindi takes a close look at lizards of all sizes, from tiny geckos to giant Komodo dragons.
1-12	October 13, 2007	Saving the Whales	The whale population needs our help and Bindi dives into there world to investigates their gentle and peaceful nature.
1-13	October 27, 2007	Animal I.C.U.	This episode highlights the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital, where each year thousands of injured animals are nursed back to health before being released back into the wild.
1-14	November 10, 2007	Weirdest Wildlife	Bindi checks out a few of the world's most unusual-looking animals, some of which look like they are made out of bits and pieces left over from other species.
1-15	November 17, 2007	Boots, Bags and Belts	Bindi and her family look into the danger to animals from poachers who kill them not for food, but to sell their body parts to be made illegally into belts, bags and boots.

[edit] Related special

The series was introduced along with Bindi Irwin's first solo television program, My Daddy the Crocodile Hunter, a documentary/memorial of Steve Irwin that aired on Animal Planet. It also talked about Bindi and her blooming career.