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Tinga Tinga Tales

Animation

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

Series 1

Eugene Muchiri

Meera Syal

Ben Spybey

Faraaz Meghani

Cyril Nri

Kennie Andrews

Patrice Naiambana

Lenny Henry

Shaun Parkes

Stephen K Amos

Ninia Benjamin

Njuguna Wakanyote

Tameka Empson

Johnnie Fiori

Patrick Kanyeki

Eric Wainaina

Claudia Lloyd

Richard Jeffery

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1: Episode 8: Why Owl's Head Turns All the Way Round

Why Owl's Head Turns All the Way Round

Episode 8

Episode 8: Why Owl's Head Turns All the Way Round

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Owl is ordered to keep a lookout for a mango thief.

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

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 Owl's head didn't turn all the way round. She had tiny little eyes and tiny little ears, and she found it very hard to stay awake. Then one day all the mangoes started disappearing in Tinga Tinga. Against all the animals' better judgement, Owl was ordered to watch over the mango tree - but the mangoes kept disappearing. Desperate to catch the thief, Owl stretched and strained to see who was stealing the precious mangoes, until her head turned all the way round and she saw who it was - it was the ants! From that day on, Owl was made the official night guard of Tinga Tinga.

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1

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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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