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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

Claudia Lloyd

Richard Jeffery

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 2: Episode 5: Why Leopard Has Spots

Why Leopard Has Spots

Episode 5

Episode 5: Why Leopard Has Spots

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Leopard is sad that he is so plain, until he meets the colourful spotted Puff Adder.

Stories about how different animals became distinctive. Leopard didn't have spots, until one day he met the colourful spotted Puff Adder.

There was a time when Leopard didn't have spots. All the animals had something special - Lion had his mane, Peacock his beautiful tail, Zebra his stripes - but Leopard was as plain as plain can be. Then one day Leopard made friends with Puff Adder, with his bright and colourful spots.

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 2

Series 2

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

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