Ferality

It's heartening to know that there are still real-live feral humans running around this day and age, who have been raised by packs of dogs and such...

Miss Malaya is a feral child, one of only about 100 known in the world. The story goes that, when she was three, her indifferent, alcoholic parents left her outside one night and she crawled into a hovel where they kept dogs. No one came to look for her or even seemed to notice she was gone, so she stayed where there was warmth and food — raw meat and scraps — forgetting what it was to be human, losing what toddler's language she had and learning to survive as a member of the pack.

I love the part where she reveals her "true self" to a recent boyfriend (after being re-introduced to civilization)...sounds like an interesting episode...

...When she showed her boyfriend what she once was and what she could still do — the barking, the whining, the four-footed running — he took fright. It was a party trick that went too far and the relationship ended.

Yeah, I'll bet she's a real blast to liven up your next party!!!

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Nature or Nurture?