Tinga Tinga Tales

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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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Lenny Henry

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Johnnie Fiori

Tameka Empson

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Patrick Kanyeki

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Richard Jeffery

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1: Episode 1: Why Elephant Has a Trunk

Why Elephant Has a Trunk

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Episode 1: Why Elephant Has a Trunk

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How Crocodile gave Elephant his long nose.

Stories telling a modern, young audience how different animals got their distinctive parts. The story of how Elephant got his trunk.

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 Elephant had no nose. He could not swat away the flies, or scrub his belly - he could not even blow his nose. Then one day snappy Crocodile snapped!

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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