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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 24: Why Squirrel Gathers Nuts

Why Squirrel Gathers Nuts

Episode 24

Episode 24: Why Squirrel Gathers Nuts

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Squirrel is too busy braiding her tail to help gather nuts for the other animals.

Stories about how different animals became distinctive. Lion summons all the animals to pull together and help find food for everyone in Tinga Tinga.

Squirrel doesn't gather nuts - she is far too busy braiding her bushy tail. Then one day there is very little food in Tinga Tinga and Lion summons all the animals to pull together and help find food for everyone. Squirrel is too busy braiding her tail to join in, but when she finally realises that there is not enough food to go round, she races around gathering nuts for all the animals.

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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