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Tinga Tinga Tales

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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

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 2: Episode 25: Why Meerkat Is Always on the Lookout

Why Meerkat Is Always on the Lookout

Episode 25

Episode 25: Why Meerkat Is Always on the Lookout

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One day Meerkat bumps into the Sleeping Stones, who make her slow down and listen.

Stories about how different animals became distinctive. Meerkat never stays still for very long, until she bumps into the Sleeping Stones.

There was a time when Meerkat was not always on the lookout. Meerkat used to race around Tinga Tinga bumping into things and causing chaos. She never stayed still long enough to listen to any beast. But then one day Meerkat bumped into the Sleeping Stones.

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 2

Series 2

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The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes, dedicated to delighting and surprising its pre-school audience.

Stories telling a modern, young audience how animals got their distinctive parts

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