Animal Intelligence

The London Daily Mail has further information about the ‘Cambodian jungle-girl’ I mentioned on Monday. Apparently she doesn’t like civilization and would rather return to her ‘wild’ way of life:

She speaks in grunts, crawls instead of walking —and now she wants to go back to live in the jungle…Filthy and naked when she was discovered, [...]

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Dave sent in the story of Rochom P’ngieng, a 27-year-old Cambodian woman who has been living wild in the jungle for the past nineteen years. According to the BBC News:

A Cambodian girl who disappeared aged eight has been found after reportedly living wild in the jungle for 19 years. Rochom P’ngieng’s father says he has [...]

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Here’s an old article about a feral human from TV New Zealand.

“Chicken boy” learning to be human
A 32-year-old Fijian known as the “chicken boy” is getting help to learn how to live like a human being.
Sunjit Kumar was tied to a bed in a rest home for 20 years after being found in the middle [...]

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When considering animal intelligence, I also include the fascinating tales of feral children.
Feral children are those who, for whatever reason, have been raised outside the confines of normal human behavior. Most often they find themselves abandoned in the wilderness at a young age. Sometimes they are raised by other animals — monkeys, wolves, etc. [...]

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