A Real-Life Jungle Book: Childhood Experience

Published on 10/29/2020
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Born With Instinct

From a very young age, Tippi had to adapt to the ways of wildlife. She had to learn to protect her bottle from monkeys. For a small child, she had the knack of knowing how to behave appropriately around feeding elephants. When feeding she would tell her mother ‘ssh…don’t scare the elephants’.

Born With Instinct

Born With Instinct

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Fearless Dynamite

Never intimidated by large animals, as Tippi interacted with them regularly. A connection was so deep with animals much larger than her that no word communication was needed to understand each other. She saw nothing terrifying in them but a friendship.

Fearless Dynamite

Fearless Dynamite

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