Feral Children - Is It Real? - National Geographic Channel

Feral Children - Is It Real? - National Geographic Channel

While stories of children being "raised by wolves" are exagerated, there have been a few documented cases of a child having grow up alone in the wild. Whether abandoned by parents or runaways from abusive households, these children often find reintegration into human society difficult. A common thread is their inability to learn language; having not been exposed to speech during a crucial time in their development, their brains have lost the ability to learn this most human of skills.

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[Reece1Harding]

I'm glad John turned out okay.

[troydeancarpenter]

The problem with the argument between nature and nurture is that both sides are partially correct. Life's experience is what determines the way we become but genetics determines how we will respond to those life's experiences.

[hwangstet5k]

i wish i was raised by lions or tigers

[hwangstet5k]

@aznpride0 yeah tarzan is real but he is black

[kahtuh]

I think that an animal behaviorist who was not an elitist white scientist...and who actually grew up in that area might have a more useful opinion. They would not only have a better understanding of John, but would have far more experiential knowledge of these monkeys and their behaviors relating to the humans they encounter on a daily basis. Monkeys have individual personalities, and just like people are also influenced by the sum of their experience. It is arrogant to dismiss the possibility.

[globe255]

Lets pretend the little girl who felt down to the monkeys, if she had been among them for days would they have feed her and make sure she could get water? Its kind of interesting but very difficult to find out, or should i say merely impossible?

[aznpride0]

is tarzan real?

[RagingQuietFury]

So sad! Child abuse and neglect should not exist.

[USMarineRifleman0311]

@janjans143

most animals havent developed the vocal cords we have or have the possibility for understanding or developing complex speech.

Its easier for humans to relate to animals than the other way around