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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

Flaminia Cinque

Ben Spybey

Faraaz Meghani

Lenny Henry

Shaun Parkes

Johnnie Fiori

Tameka Empson

Terence Reis

Eric Wainaina

Claudia Lloyd

Richard Jeffery

Edward Gakuya

Bridget Hurst

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1: Episode 25: Why Flamingo Stands on One Leg

Why Flamingo Stands on One Leg

Episode 25

Episode 25: Why Flamingo Stands on One Leg

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Flamingo stands on one leg so she doesn't take up too much space at the waterhole.

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Flamingo stands on one leg so she does not take up space at the waterhole.

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 Flamingo stood on both legs. One morning, Flamingo and her flock landed at the waterhole when the crabs were busy performing their underwater dance. Needless to say, all those legs were in their way! So the crabs each nipped a flamingo leg to make room to share the waterhole. From then on, Flamingo stood on one leg so the crabs could dance in the watering hole.

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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