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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 6: Why Hyena Has Short Back Legs

Why Hyena Has Short Back Legs

Episode 6

Episode 6: Why Hyena Has Short Back Legs

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The animals decide it is time to teach naughty Hyena a lesson.

Stories about how different animals became distinctive. When Hyena didn't have short back legs, he was always chasing the other animals around.

There was a time when Hyena didn't have short back legs. He was always chasing around and nipping other animals on the bottom. Then one day the animals had enough. It was time to teach that naughty Hyena a lesson!

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 2

Series 2

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.

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

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