Tippi is now a Grown woman, but when she was young, she used to be like the Mowgli, who used to be friend with all the wild animals. That is pretty Shocking but Amazing!
Tippi Degré, born 4 June 1990, is a French woman, who spent her childhood in Namibia among wild animals and tribespeople.
After moving to Paris, France, with her parents, she returned to Africa to make six nature documentaries for the Discovery Channel.
She is known among other things for supervising the tigers in Fort Boyard, off the coast of France, which is the stage for a popular international game show.
Tippi was born in Namibia, where her parents, Alain Degré and Sylvie Robert, worked as freelance wildlife photographers.
During her stay in Namibia, she befriended wild animals, including a 28-year old elephant Abu, a leopard nicknamed J&B, crocodiles, lion cubs, giraffes, a Northern Greater Galago, a Banded Mongoose, a
She also befriended the Bushmen and the Himba tribespeople of the Kalahari, who taught her how to survive on roots and berries, and to speak their language.
Tippi later moved with her parents to Madagascar and then to France, where she became a celebrity.
A book of her adventures 'Tippi of Africa' was published and translated in several languages.
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