What does Tippi Degré do?

Tippi Degré was born in Namibia, Africa in 199 and grew up in the African jungle. My parents are photographers who specialize in shooting African wildlife. Since childhood, Tippi Degré regarded the elephant as his brother, riding an ostrich, sleeping with lions, playing with cheetahs and climbing trees with baboons. She was once known as the real version of "Taishan Girl".

In p>213, 23-year-old Tippi Degré returned to his birthplace in Namibia, Africa, and became a filmmaker specializing in recording wild animals, "renewing the old love" with those wild animal friends, calling for harmony between man and nature.

Chinese name: Tippi Degré

mbth: Tippi

Alias: Tippi Benjamin O 'Connor De Grey

Nationality: France

Place of birth: Namibia

Date of birth: 199

Occupation: producer

Graduate school: University of Paris IV

. Desert angel

Father: Alan Degray

Mother: Sylvie Robert

Tippy, an African girl, lived with all kinds of wild animals in Africa in the first ten years of her life and became a veritable "little savage".

origin of name

According to Tippy's account, the origin of his name is as follows. Because there is an American actress whose name is Tippy Hederen. She acted in a horror movie called Birds, which was directed by an American named Hitchcock. She thinks her parents chose this name very well. First of all, this is a unique name. Coincidentally, she also thinks she is a different person from other girls. Moreover, the name will remind people of Indians, who happen to live in a tent called Tippi, and they live in the deep mountains and wild forests like Tippi. The last reason is that the film directed by Mr. Hitchcock is called Birds. Tippy loves birds very much. She was born and raised among them. African wild animals are Tippy's earliest friends, and Tippy knows them very well.

"Tippy" is only part of her name. The full name is Tippy Benjamin O 'Connor De Grey. De Grey is his parents' surname, his father's name is Alan, and his mother's name is Sylvie. They are both photographers who specialize in shooting wild animals. Tippi was born in Africa because of the profession they are engaged in. As for Tippy's full name, Benjamin is added, which is to thank a friend named Benjamin. When Tippy came into this world, his mother lived in this friend's house. At that time, Tippy's parents were running around in the jungle, and it was not good to give birth in the wild. So when Tippy was born, Benjamin took his mother to live in a village called Venetuk, where there was a hospital.

Tippi's name is also "Aokangdi", which is the pronunciation of Owambo language used by an indigenous people in Namibia, meaning "meng". Although the name "O 'Connor" sounds good, it's a bit strange to call your daughter "meng".

characters experience

Before Tippi was born, his parents lived in the Kalahadi Desert at the border of South Africa, Botswana and Namibia for seven years. During these years, they observed mongoose and meng, made movies and took photos for them. One day, my parents quarreled with the locals because they didn't think the same as everyone else, and my parents were driven out of the Kalahadi Desert.

Tippy was born in p>9.

Tippy traveled with his parents to Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa before he was ten years old.

Tippy returned to Paris to live when she was 1 years old, and then published My Wild Animal Friends, which recorded her touching stories with elephants, cheetahs and other animals through a large number of pictures. Tippy, 23, is currently majoring in film at a school in Paris.

personal quotations

1. The wildlife world is very complicated.

2. Never be afraid, but always be careful.

3. Animals are never fierce, but they are aggressive and need to be guarded against.

4. Wild animals always have enemies, but they also have friends.

5. Animals come from good people, but also from bad people.

6. it's useless to be afraid.

7. Africa is my real hometown.

Character Works

My Wild Animal Friends

Desert Angels —— My Wild Animal Friends and Sisters

Controversy of characters

The intimate photo of Tippi, a French "jungle girl", was accused of being fake

On November 18th, 28, many people knew this French girl Tippi Degré. She has lived in Namibia since childhood, and her parents have been photographing all kinds of wild animals in Africa for a long time. At an early age, she lived in harmony with all kinds of wild animals, including cheetahs and other beasts. After Tippy returned to Paris at the age of 1, she published the story of getting along with animals in a book, which was accompanied by more than 13 photos taken by her parents on the spot, showing her playing with all kinds of African wild animals without scruple, and immediately caused a sensation around the world. Tippy is therefore known as the "jungle girl" in France. But many years later, it was discovered that those ferocious animals that had "close contact" with Tippy were not wild, but grew up in captivity in the pasture.

According to the British Sunday Times on 16th, the elephant "Abu" called "Big Brother" by Tippi has been proved to belong to a circus and has appeared in movies and advertisements. And an ostrich "Linda" with Tippy riding on it is actually an animal raised in a pasture. The jaguars, snakes, lions, baboons and other animals mentioned in the book are not wild, but are kept in captivity. Tippy's mother, sylvie Robert, admitted in an interview: "In the wild, it is impossible for a child to play with lions in the jungle." But she insisted that they were "still animals". However, in any case, Tippy has lived with her parents since she was a child, although she is wearing animal skin clothes in the photo, and her contact with animals is mainly in the pasture of her parents and friends. This has been inconsistent with what the book says.