Tinga Tinga Tales

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Children's: Entertainment & Comedy

Learning: Pre-School

Stories telling a modern, young audience how animals got their distinctive parts.

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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Eugene Muchiri

Tameka Empson

Flaminia Cinque

Johnnie Fiori

Edward Kwach

Shaun Parkes

Patrice Naiambana

Ben Spybey

Faraaz Meghani

Lenny Henry

Terence Reis

Eric Wainaina

Claudia Lloyd

Richard Jeffery

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1: Episode 10: Why Tickbird Sits on Hippo's Back

Why Tickbird Sits on Hippo's Back

Episode 10

Episode 10: Why Tickbird Sits on Hippo's Back

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Tickbird challenges Hippo to see who can drink the most water in a single gulp.

Stories about how animals got their unique characteristics. Tickbird challenges Hippo to see who can drink the most in a single gulp.

Why do zebras have stripes and leopards spots, rhinos horns and camels humps? Tinga Tinga Tales tells a modern, young audience what really happened.

There was a time when Tickbird didn't sit on Hippo's back. In fact they weren't friends at all! Tickbird was sick of Hippo splashing all the time. One day tiny Tickbird challenged big Hippo to a contest to see who could drink the most water in a single gulp. Tickbird outwitted Hippo by using the tides, and from that day she has been allowed to sit on Hippo's back and pick off all the yummy ticks she can eat!

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1

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The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes, dedicated to delighting and surprising its pre-school audience.

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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