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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

Felix Dexter

Ben Spybey

Faraaz Meghani

Johnnie Fiori

Flaminia Cinque

Tameka Empson

Cyril Nri

Johnny Daukes

Lenny Henry

Shaun Parkes

Patrice Naiambana

Lindiwe Brown Mkhize

Eric Wainaina

Claudia Lloyd

Richard Jeffery

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1: Episode 13: Why Vulture Is Bald

Why Vulture Is Bald

Episode 13

Episode 13: Why Vulture Is Bald

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Vulture decides to fly up to the sun, but her crown of beautiful feathers gets burnt.

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

There was time when Vulture was not bald. Vulture's head was covered in a beautiful crown of golden plumage! Vain Vulture never shut up about her golden feathers and was obsessed about making them as golden as the sun!

One day Vulture decided to fly up to the sun, but her precious feathers got burnt! Vulture decided to soothe her smoking feathers with golden honey, which she stole from the bees. The bees were not pleased and Vulture stuck her head down Aardvark's burrow. However, Aardvark loved feathers all covered in honey and when Vulture surfaced, she was bald!

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1

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The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes.

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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