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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

Eddie Kadi

Lenny Henry

Shaun Parkes

Ninia Benjamin

Faraaz Meghani

Ben Spybey

Johnnie Fiori

Tameka Empson

Patrice Naiambana

Kennie Andrews

Cyril Nri

Angelina Koinange

Lindiwe Brown Mkhize

Eric Wainaina

Claudia Lloyd

Richard Jeffery

Bruce Hobson

Bridget Hurst

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1: Episode 24: Why Zebra Has Stripes

Why Zebra Has Stripes

Episode 24

Episode 24: Why Zebra Has Stripes

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Zebra tries on a black coat to hide better in the savannah, but it is too tight.

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Zebra tries on a black coat to hide better in the savannah, but it is too tight.

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

There was a time when Zebra was skinny and white all over. Eagle discovered the Great Cave, which contained a gift for each animal. Everyone was interested except for Zebra, who was happy munching and munching on his grass, getting fatter and fatter. Tortoise thought that a new black coat might help Zebra hide better in the savannah, so Zebra tried it on, but the coat was too tight and it ripped. Zebra has been stripy from then on.

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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