Real Life "Mowgli-Girl" Was Raised by the Wild Animals of Africa

A Unique Life

Her parents also viewed this as a great opportunity for Tippi to experience a childhood unlike any other. Her mother Sylvia said “For me it was incredible to think you offer all of this to a child, because I was at ease, because I liked it and because we had lived with the Meerkats in the Kalahari desert for six years before Tippi was born, I believed it was fantastic to have that to offer to a child compared to what I would be able to offer to a child living in a city for example.”

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The More You Know

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