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Degree: BA Biology, Carleton College 1992 Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Height: 5'8"
Creature Adventuring Boots: Size 8.5 Favorite Outdoor Sports: Canoeing and Kayaking
Chris' Production Bio Copyright © mPRm Public Relations, NY, NY Chris Kratt (Creator/Executive Producer/Star) is a longtime real life "creature adventurer" who has been involved with wildlife and animals all his life. He is the co-founder of the Earth Creatures company and co-star and co-host of Kratts' Creatures and Zoboomafoo. With his brother, Martin, Chris founded the Kratt Brothers' Creature Heroes, a nonprofit society dedicated to empowering children to help the wild animals they love. He also has co-written, with Martin, eight children's wildlife books, which include To Be a Chimpanzee and Going Baboony. In 1990 he worked as an intern at the Conservation International in Washington, D.C., and a year later founded the Carleton Organization for Biodiversity, a group dedicated to increasing public awareness of conservation issues and celebrating the creature world. Chris received a B.S. in biology form Carleton College and is a Richter Fellow. He has conducted several field studies in ecology and ecological evolution funded by grants from the Explorers Club and the National Science Foundation. He also received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, which he has used to develop wildlife documentaries for children. |
Wife: Yep, he has one! Her name is Tania. Kids: Only one so far! Tania and Chris have a son. Family Pet: A stray dog that Wyatt found out in the snow. Chris named her Kali. Extinct Animal Chris wishes he could see: The Giant Ground Sloth
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