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Tinga Tinga Tales

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Why do Zebra have stripes and Leopard spots, Rhinos horns and Camels humps? Tinga Tinga Tales tells a modern, young audience what really happened.

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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Bat Hangs Upside Down

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Bat loves scaring the other animals by saying boo, so they teach him a lesson.

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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Caterpillar Is Never in a Hurry

Stories telling how different animals got their distinctive parts. One day Caterpillar transformed into the most beautiful butterfly ever.

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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Crocodile Has a Bumpy Back

Stories telling young children how animals got their distinctive parts. Here, the story of how Crocodile got his bumpy back and became grumpy.

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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Elephant Has a Trunk

Stories telling a modern, young audience how different animals got their distinctive parts. Here, the story of how Elephant got his trunk.

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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Flamingo Stands on One Leg

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Flamingo always stands on both legs until the Crabs need more room.

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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Frog Croaks

Stories telling how different animals got their distinctive parts. The birds trick poor old Frog into a singing duel, and his voice is reduced to a ribbit.

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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Giraffe Has a Long Neck

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Giraffe had a short neck until her head became stuck in a honey tree.

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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Hare Hops

Stories telling how animals got their distinctive parts. Hare was one of the speediest animals in Tinga Tinga but no-one would race with him, until Tortoise arrived.

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logo for Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Hen Pecks at the Ground
Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Hen Pecks at the Ground

Animal stories. Hen borrows a needle from her friend to sew herself a coat, but the needle gets lost. From then on, Hen pecks the ground looking for it.

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logo for Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Hippo Has No Hair
Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Hippo Has No Hair

Stories telling a young audience how different animals got their distinctive parts. There was a time when Hippo had lots of hair, and she was always hot.

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logo for Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Jackal Howls at the Moon
Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Jackal Howls at the Moon

Stories telling a young audience how different animals got their distinctive parts. The animals make Jackal believe that the moon is made of honey.

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logo for Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Lion Roars
Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Lion Roars

Stories telling how different animals got their distinctive parts. Following Flea's advice, Lion goes to the Great Cave of Tinga Tinga to get his roar back.

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logo for Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Lizard Always Hides under Rocks
Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Lizard Always Hides under Rocks

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. The animals teach greedy Lizard a lesson when he pinches their food.

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logo for Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Monkeys Swing in the Trees
Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Monkeys Swing in the Trees

Stories telling how different animals got their distinctive parts. When Monkey becomes stranded up a mango tree, he asks Crocodile for help.

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logo for Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Mosquito Buzzes
Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Mosquito Buzzes

Tinga Tinga Tales tells a modern, young audience why animals are as they are. Mosquito's tales send the whole of Tinga Tinga into a complete panic.

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logo for Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Owl's Head Turns All the Way Round
Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Owl's Head Turns All the Way Round

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Owl becomes a night guard when mangoes start disappearing.

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logo for Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Porcupine Has Quills
Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Porcupine Has Quills

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. How Porcupine lost her soft coat to naughty Jackal and replaced it with quills.

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logo for Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Rhino Charges
Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Rhino Charges

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. How monkeys made Rhino a horn from wood so he could join in the Dance of the Horns.

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logo for Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Snake Has No Legs
Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Snake Has No Legs

Stories telling a young audience how different animals got their distinctive parts. Snake had hundreds of legs, until he swapped them all for Millipede's eyes.

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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Spider Has a Tiny Waist

Stories telling how different animals got their distinctive parts. Greedy Spider hears of Four Feasts in Tinga Tinga and wants to go to them all.

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logo for Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Tickbird Sits on Hippo's Back
Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Tickbird Sits on Hippo's Back

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Tickbird challenges Hippo: who can drink the most in a single gulp?

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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Tortoise Has a Broken Shell

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. When Tortoise fell and landed on his shiny shell it broke into pieces.

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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Vulture Is Bald

Stories telling a modern, young audience how different animals got their distinctive parts. Vulture's crown of beautiful feathers gets burnt by the sun.

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logo for Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Warthog Is So Ugly
Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Warthog Is So Ugly

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Once Warthog was really rather handsome but the animals grew tired of his boasting.

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logo for Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Woodpecker Pecks
Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Woodpecker Pecks

Stories about how different animals became distinctive. There was a time when Woodpecker didn't peck. All the birds made a sound, but not Woodpecker.

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Tinga Tinga Tales - Why Zebra Has Stripes

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. There was a time when Zebra was skinny and white all over.

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