Why aren't they purple?

Sometimes you send a post and they say its a whatever-show reference and now you're out of the loop while everone else joins.

South Africa's isn't even a bird, it's giant yellow Zulu-speaking meerkat (mongoose) called Moshe, and our other one is a big blue monster (as they describe him) called Zikwe
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http://fbs.takalanisesame.co.za/characters/

Ah. That makes more sense. I remembered it green but never bothered to look into it