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Ep165: Tanzania · Kidcast Daily

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  Spin the wheel, let's take a ride.
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  Sports and science bursting from inside a world of wonder.
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  Open wide. Come on kids, let's amplify kid
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  cats Daily starts your day fun. Welcome to Kick Ass Daily, where
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  we bring news, trivia, fun facts, and more just for curious
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  kids like you. Today, get ready to go on a wild
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  adventure as we zoom across the globe to a country packed with
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  amazing animals, towering mountains, sparkling lakes, and
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  friendly people. Buckle up, because we're about
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  to explore Tanzania. Let's start by finding Tanzania
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  on the map. Imagine Africa, the world's
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  second largest continent, shaped a bit like a big animal's head,
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  facing right. Now if you look at the eastern
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  side, right where the Indian Ocean's blue waves touch the
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  land, you'll find Tanzania. It's almost as if Tanzania is
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  Africa's smile stretching wide along the coast.
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  Tanzania is a big country, almost twice as large as the
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  state of Texas. If you could walk from one end
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  of Tanzania to the other, it would take you weeks and weeks.
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  But what makes Tanzania really special isn't just its size,
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  it's what you'll find inside. Let's take a peek at the flag of
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  Tanzania. Imagine a rectangle divided by a
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  diagonal stripe running from the bottom left to the top right.
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  The top triangle is green, which stands for the Lands, Rich
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  Forests and Farms. The bottom is blue for the
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  sparkling lakes and ocean. The black stripe in the middle
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  represents the people of Tanzania, and the narrow yellow
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  stripes on each side remind every one of the country's
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  wealth and sunshine. It's like a colorful story told
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  with shapes. Now let's talk about the people
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  who call Tanzania home. Over 60 million people live
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  there, and they speak more than 120 different languages.
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  That's a whole lot of ways to say hello, but the most common
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  language is Swahili. If you ever visit Tanzania, you
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  can greet someone by saying Jambo.
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  That means hello in Swahili. Want to try it?
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  Jambo Tanzania is known for being peaceful and friendly.
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  People from lots of different backgrounds live together, share
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  meals, and celebrate festivals. One of the most important
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  celebrations is called Uhuru Day, which marks the country's
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  independence. On this day, there are parades,
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  dances and lots of singing. Imagine the giant birthday party
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  but for a whole country. Speaking of celebrations, did
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  you know that music and dance are a huge part of Tanzanian
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  life? You might hear the sound of
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  drums, guitars or even a marimba, which is kind of like a
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  wooden xylophone. Kids and adults the like love to
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  dance to traditional tunes and modern songs.
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  Sometimes everyone gathers in a circle, clapping and singing
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  together. It's like the world's happiest
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  dance party. But let's not forget about the
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  incredible nature you can find in Tanzania.
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  If you love animals, you're in for a treat.
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  Tanzania is famous for its national parks, protected wild
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  places where animals roam free. One of the most famous is the
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  Serengeti National Park. Imagine a giant grassy plain
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  stretching as far as your eyes can see.
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  This is where millions of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles
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  travel every year in a huge migration.
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  It's like a giant animal parade. And guess what?
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  Tanzania is home to the big 5 animals, lions, elephants,
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  leopards, buffaloes and rhinos. Safari guides call them the Big
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  5 because they're the most exciting to spot while on a
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  safari. A safari is an adventure where
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  you ride in a Jeep and look for animals in the wild, like a real
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  life treasure hunt. Imagine seeing a group of
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  elephants splashing in a river or a lion snoozing under a tree.
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  That's Tanzania. But animals aren't the only
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  wonders. Tanzania is also home to
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  Africa's tallest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro.
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  Picture a giant ice cream cone, but instead of ice cream, it's
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  covered in snow. Even though it's near the hot
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  equator. Mount Kilimanjaro stands over
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  19,000 feet tall, which is almost 4 miles high.
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  Some adventurers climb all the way to the top, where they can
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  see clouds below them. It's like standing on the roof
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  of Africa. Now let's splash into Tanzania's
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  lakes. The country has some of the
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  biggest lakes in the world. Lake Victoria is the largest
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  lake in Africa and is so huge it touches 3 countries, Tanzania,
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  Uganda and Kenya. Then there's Lake Tanganyika,
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  which is the second deepest lake in the world.
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  Some parts are so deep that you could stack more than 10 school
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  buses on top of each other and still not reach the surface.
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  Tanzania also has magical islands off its coast like
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  Zanzibar. Zanzibar is sometimes called the
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  Spice Island because it grows lots of spices like cloves,
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  nutmeg, and cinnamon. Walking through a spice market
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  in Zanzibar is like sniffing a giant box of crayons.
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  So many colors and smells. People come from all over the
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  world to relax on Zanzibar's white sandy beaches and swim in
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  the clear blue sea. Let's not forget about the
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  amazing food in Tanzania. Tanzanian meals are full of
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  flavor and often shared with family and friends. 1 popular
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  dish is called Ugly. It's a bit like play DoH, made
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  from corn flour and you use your hands to roll it into a ball and
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  scoop up tasty sauces and stews. There's also Naya Machoma, which
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  means grilled meat and pillow, a spiced rice dish that smells
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  delicious. And for dessert, you might enjoy
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  fresh tropical fruits like mangoes, pineapples and bananas.
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  Yum. Now you might be wondering, what
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  do Tanzanian kids like to do for fun?
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  Just like you, they love to play games, sing songs and go
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  outside. Soccer or football as it's
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  called, there is the most popular sport.
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  You'll find kids kicking balls made of cloth or plastic bags
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  tied together, playing matches in fields, streets or even sandy
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  beaches. They also play games like Bao, a
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  traditional board game using seeds or stones, kind of like
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  playing marbles or checkers. Let's take a quick look at life
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  in a Tanzanian village. Many people in Tanzania live in
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  small villages surrounded by farms and fields.
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  Houses are often made from mud bricks with thatched roofs to
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  keep out the sun and rain. Chickens cluck around the yard
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  and cows or goats might graze nearby.
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  Families grow crops like maize, beans and sweet potatoes.
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  Kids help out by fetching water, tending animals or helping in
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  the garden. It's a busy but happy life full
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  of teamwork. In the city, things are a bit
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  different. Tanzania's biggest city is Dar
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  es Salaam, which means House of Peace.
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  It's a bustling place with tall buildings, busy markets, and
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  lots of cars and bicycles zipping around.
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  People go to school, work in offices, and shop for clothes
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  and food. The city is right next to the
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  ocean, so you can watch fishing boats come and go and maybe even
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  spot a dolphin if you're lucky. Did you know that Tanzania is
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  also famous for its ancient history?
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  Long ago, some of the very first humans lived in Tanzania.
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  In a place called Old Away Gorge, scientists found tools
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  and bones that are over a million years old.
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  It's like stepping into a real lifetime machine and discovering
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  the secrets of the past. Tanzania is sometimes called the
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  cradle of mankind because of these amazing discoveries.
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  Let's talk about some animals you might not see anywhere else.
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  The Zanzibar red colobus monkey lives only on Zanzibar Island.
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  It has a fluffy white tail and a funny little face.
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  There's also the Maasai giraffe, the tallest animal in the world,
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  munching on treetops in Tanzania's parks.
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  And if you're lucky, you might spot a Dick Dick, which is a
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  tiny antelope about the size of a house cat.
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  Now here's a fun did you know moment.
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  Did you know that the world's largest volcanic crater is in
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  Tanzania? It's called the Guranguro
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  Crater, and it's like a giant bowl filled with grasslands,
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  forests, lakes, and thousands of animals.
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  Some people call it Africa's Garden of Eden because it's so
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  beautiful and full of life. Another Did you know tanzanite,
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  A sparkling blue gemstone, is found only in Tanzania?
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  It's rarer than diamonds and shines in shades of blue and
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  purple. People from all over the world
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  love tanzanite jewelry, but the only place you can dig it up is
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  near Mount Kilimanjaro. Let's not forget about
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  Tanzania's amazing cultures. The Maasai people are famous for
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  their bright red clothing, bead necklaces, and jumping dances.
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  Maasai warriors can leap high into the air almost like they
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  have springs in their shoes. There are also the Chaga people
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  who live near Mount Kilimanjaro and grow coffee, and the Sukuma
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  people who are known for their lively drum dances.
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  Now let's do a quick recap of all the awesome things we
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  learned about Tanzania today. We discovered that Tanzania is a
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  big, beautiful country in East Africa, right by the Indian
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  Ocean. It's home to friendly people who
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  speak many languages, with Swahili being the most common.
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  We learned about the colorful flag, the fun celebrations, and
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  the tasty foods like Yugali and Palau.
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  We explored Tanzania's wild side, it's national parks, the
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  Serengeti, animal migration, the Big 5, and the tallest mountain
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  in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro. We visited sparkling lakes,
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  magical spice islands, and busy cities.
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  We even learned about ancient people and rare animals you can
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  only find in Tanzania, like the Zanzibar red colobus monkey and
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  the Maasai giraffe. And we discovered a gemstone
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  called tanzanite that shines in only one place on Earth.
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  Thanks for joining us on this Tanzanian adventure.
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  Until next time, Jambo and happy adventures from Kick Cast Daily
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