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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 8: Why Flea Jumps

Why Flea Jumps

Episode 8

Episode 8: Why Flea Jumps

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Flea is very big and very round, until one day she discovers how to jump.

Stories about how different animals became distinctive. Flea is very big and very round until she tries jumping as exercise.

There was a time when Flea did not jump. Flea did not really move at all. She was very big and very round. All Flea wanted to do was to see the world. 

The Tinga Tinga animals try to help lift Flea high up, but she is too heavy. Then Tortoise comes up with an idea - movement and activity! After many attempts Flea discovers that she can jump. She can jump really high! Then Flea can jump everywhere and see everything.

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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