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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

Terence Reis

Ben Spybey

Faraaz Meghani

Lindiwe Brown Mkhize

Johnnie Fiori

Shaun Parkes

Lenny Henry

Tameka Empson

Johnny Daukes

Patrice Naiambana

Miriam Margolyes

Angelina Koinange

Tracy Rabar

Eric Wainaina

Claudia Lloyd

Richard Jeffery

Judy Kibinge

Bridget Hurst

Mikayla Odera

Cullie Ruto

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1: Episode 18: Why Jackal Howls at the Moon

Why Jackal Howls at the Moon

Episode 18

Episode 18: Why Jackal Howls at the Moon

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Jackal always wants what is not his, so the animals decide to teach him a lesson.

Stories telling a young audience how different animals got their distinctive parts. The animals make Jackal believe that the moon is made of honey.

There was a time when Jackal didn't howl at the moon. He was a trickster and he always wanted what was not rightfully his. Jackal took over Hen's nest and Aardvark's burrow. He even took the cubs' supper from Mama Cheetah! 

Enough was enough! The animals decided to teach Jackal a lesson and made him believe that the moon is made of the sweetest, most delicious honey in Tinga Tinga. Of course, Jackal instantly wanted some, but it never came. 

From that day on Jackal howls up at the moon, waiting for a drop of delicious moon honey!

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1

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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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