Who would have thought that we could one day come face to face with an Asian elephant in the heart of Paris? After the imposing dinosaurs and the tiny insects, the Jardin des Plantes is facing brand new tenants this year.

Bengal gorillas and tigers come out of their dens this winter for a dreamlike dive into the jungle of the Asian, oceanic, South American and African tropical forests. This scintillating nocturnal stroll to the ends of the world begins in India with the reticulated python – the largest snake ever observed –, stops in New Guinea with its birds of paradise and carnivorous plants before continuing into the Amazon where a formidable jaguar I'm about to eat a spectacled caiman alive.

After crossing paths with a giant armadillo and three-toed sloths, we push the expedition to Madagascar enveloped by lush, luminous vegetation. At the end of a magical avenue of giant begonias, the apprentice explorers that we are will follow the trail of strange dwarf crocodiles to the caves of Gabon before leaving with stars in our eyes...

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