Heart-warming pictures of the real life Mowgli, a girl who spent the first ten years of her life growing up in the African bush, have been released for the first time.
The adventure started where Tippi was born in Namibia, and ended in her travelling through countries like Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
'Her everyday life was making sure monkeys did not steal her bottle,' said Sylvie.
'Or she would call me over and point to an elephant eating from a palm tree and say 'mummy, be quiet, we're going to frighten him.'
'She had so much freedom.
Real life Mowgli,: Photos of Tippi, a girl who spent the first ten years of her life growing up in the African bush, have been released for the first time
Bond: Tippi aged 6 sitting on the back of Linda, a tamed ostrich in South Africa, left, and cradling two meerkats
The adventure started where Tippi was born in Namibia, and ended in her travelling through countries like Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
'Or she would call me over and point to an elephant eating from a palm tree and say 'mummy, be quiet, we're going to frighten him.'
'She had so much freedom.
Unique start: Tippi, aged one and a half drinking from her bottle among an elephant herd in Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Real life Mowgli: Tippi aged 6 sitting with J&B, a tame adult leopard in Namibia
Trip of a lifetime: Living with her French parents, wildlife photographers Sylvie Robert and Alain Degre, the three of them travelled extensively through Africa on a unique and incredible trip
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