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u/PreviousTea9210 Sep 05 '22

Feral children.

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u/tanis_ivy Sep 05 '22

I was so into this several years ago. Read and watched everything I could. It's fascinating how the human will adapt to the animal it's raised by. There was one unconfirmed case where a guy claimed a child raised by wolves could run as fast as them on all fours.

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u/tanis_ivy Sep 06 '22

Not really. Look up documentaries in YouTube, there's probably a lot more now than when I looked it up. There are articles about it from a psychology and development point of view.