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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

Series 1

Eugene Muchiri

Ben Spybey

Faraaz Meghani

Edward Kwach

Johnnie Fiori

Tameka Empson

Junior Simpson

Ninia Benjamin

Patrice Naiambana

Njuguna Wakanyote

Patrick Kanyeki

Muthoni Mburu

Eric Wainaina

Claudia Lloyd

Richard Jeffery

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1: Episode 9: Why Monkeys Swing in the Trees

Why Monkeys Swing in the Trees

Episode 9

Episode 9: Why Monkeys Swing in the Trees

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When Monkey becomes stranded up a mango tree, he asks Crocodile for help.

Stories telling how different animals got their distinctive parts. When Monkey becomes stranded up a mango tree, he asks Crocodile for help.

There was a time when Monkey used to play on the ground, and he loved to wind up Crocodile. One day the big rains came, and Monkey became stranded up a mango tree. Nasty Crocodile promised to take him to dry land, but only in exchange for his heart! 

So Monkey tricked Crocodile, and when Crocodile found out that Monkey swapped his heart for a measly mango, he chased Monkey up a tree. From that day on Monkey swings in the trees, keeping well clear of Crocodile's angry snaps.

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1

The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes.

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

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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