Law of the Jungle: Amazing Wild India. Fauna of India, animals of India, fauna, Indian elephant, photo Are there bears in the jungle

"The Jungle Book" in 15 minutes
Citizens, I finally got acquainted with The Jungle Book (I warmly recommend it to everyone, by the way), and at the same time with the most interesting Internet discussions about Bagheera’s gender and Mowgli’s underpants and, as you understand, I can’t help but speak out about this

India. Jungle. Against the background of computer-drawn thickets, computer-drawn wolves and Bagheera are cheerfully chasing each other. In the midst of all this computer splendor, Mowgli frolics - the only relic of the pre-computer era in the entire film.

Hey, why is Bagheera a man?
Severe canonists: Read Kipling, damn it!
Fans of Soviet cartoons: Why are Mowgli's underpants red? There were white people in our cartoon!
Strict advocates of realism: By the way, where did a child who grew up in the jungle even get panties? That's no good! Give me realism!
Mowgli: Have a conscience, eh! I'm actually only ten years old!
Director: I suspected that the question of Mowgli's underpants would concern the respectable public, so I specially inserted a flashback in the middle of the film explaining their origin. Let's look further, shall we?
Intrigued viewers fall silent in anticipation of the promised flashback.

Meanwhile, a drought occurred in India, and the animals came to drink at the only puddle remaining in the jungle. And everything would be fine, but suddenly...

Shere Khan: Hello herbivores! Didn't you wait?
Herbivores quickly leave. Following them, just in case, are small predators, medium-sized predators and even one crocodile with low self-esteem.
Shere Khan: That's how they always are. Maybe I just wanted to say hello. Bagheera, baby, you look great!
Bagheera(I'm shocked): A?
Shere Khan: Ugh! Never mind, I forgot that you are a male in this film.
Fans of Soviet cartoons: Hey, where's Tabaki?
Shere Khan (licking his lips): Tabaqui asked too many questions. Any questions?
The audience is silent.
Shere Khan: I thought so. But I have one question for the respected wolf pack. Why do you smell like human babies a mile away?
Akela: The fact is that we wolves are the most tolerant people in the jungle.
Another wolf: In our flock, everyone is accepted into the flock, regardless of species.
Third wolf: For example, I am a porcupine.
Fourth wolf: And I'm an eggplant!
Akela: And in general, it’s all your fault, Shere Khan. He ate his father, you know, but forgot about the child - the child runs around the jungle unattended, breaks bushes, shits everywhere, how could we not intervene?
Shere Khan (delighted): Oh, so this is my prey! Well, let's give it here.
Wolves: We won't give it up! Man is also a wolf, after all! And in general, we have a Water Truce here, bloodshed is prohibited!
Shere Khan: It’s okay, when the Water Truce ends, I’ll arrange ethnic cleansing for you! *leaves*

Following this small incident, the drought, and with it the Water Truce, ends. The wolves understand that the matter is rubbish, but, being noble animals, they do not kick Mowgli out of the pack, but simply day after day they discuss in front of him how sad it will be when Shere Khan kills them all because of one human cub. Finally Mowgli can't stand it anymore.
Mowgli: Okay, okay, I got the hint. I'm going to people.
Wolves: Finally! That is, we wanted to say, we will miss you so much, Mowgli! We would accompany you to the village, but, you know, Shere Khan is probably watching you somewhere nearby, we can’t risk members of the pack! So Bagheera will see you off!
Bagheera: Here you go! That means I can be risked, right?
Wolves: Come on! If something happens, tell Shere Khan that the director has changed his mind and you are still a female in this film - and everything will be all right!

Mowgli and Bagheera set off.
Mowgli: Are we there yet? When will we arrive? Why does the wind blow? Because the trees sway, right? Are we there yet? Why do these people live so far away? Why does a camel have a hump? Where did armadillos come from? Why is Shere Khan such a bastard? Are we there yet?
Bagheera: Lord, when will I die?
Shere Khan(jumps out from behind the bushes): Yeah right now!
Bagheera: Shere Khan, wait, I’m still on my own... (peers into the face of Shere Khan, who in this film is something like the Phantom of the Opera of the local bottling)...Screw it, he better eat it! *fights Shere Khan*
Leaving his faithful friend to be torn to pieces by the tiger, Mowgli stops a herd of buffaloes that turn up at a gallop and rides off into the sunset.
Severe canonists: Hey, what's up? He was supposed to kill Shere Khan with the help of this herd!
Director: No, well then the film would have been a little short, don’t you think?

Meanwhile, the wolves completely believed that they had been carried away - but that was not the case.
Shere Khan: Hey wolves! The day is already drawing to a close, and I have not yet killed a single Mowgli, and my mood, as you understand, is not very good. What do we do?
The wolves are silent and shaking.
Shere Khan: Do not know? I know! *suddenly grabs Akela by the scruff of the neck and throws him off the cliff* Phew, I feel better. Listen to me, wolves! Until you bring me Mowgli, I will throw a wolf off a cliff every day as compensation for moral damage. Any questions?
The wolves quietly crawl away, tails between their legs.
Shere Khan: I thought so. *lounges on the Council Rock as if at home*
The wolves are trembling and crying, but it is apparently too weak for them to send Shere Khan to hell.

Meanwhile, Mowgli, lost in the jungle, stumbles upon Kaa.
Mowgli: Greetings, O wise Kaa!
Kaa: First of all, I’m a female in this film...
Fans of Soviet cartoons: Are you kidding me or what?!
Kaa: And secondly, I’m not wise, I’m just hungry... uh... that is, I wanted to say, very kind and child-loving. Do you want me to tell you a story, my friend? Ssssssss closer, here, deep into my rings, and listen.....

Kaa hypnotizes Mowgli, after which the promised flashback follows, explaining the origin of our hero, and at the same time his underpants. The fact is that one day Mowgli’s father came up with the brilliant idea of ​​walking through the jungle at night without a weapon, but with his little son under his arm. In the jungle, they were predictably attacked by Shere Khan and killed Mowgli's father, although he received a torch in the face, and thus turned into something like the Phantom of the Opera. Bagheera found little Mowgli in red trousers and gave him to be raised by a wolf pack; over time, the bloomers morphed into panties.

Director: Well, are you satisfied? I hope we have cleared up the issue with panties once and for all?
Fans of Soviet cartoons: Wait, but why is Kaa a female?!
Severe canonists: Damn it, read Kip... *rustle pages* No, wait! Kipling Kaa is still a male! Mr. Director, what kind of vile gag is this?!
Director: Lord, again everything is not good for them, thank God! You see, if you shoot strictly according to the book, then there will be one or two female characters in the film. What if viewers say that I’m sexist? So we decided to make Kaa a female. Give us more strong, independent women!
Spectators: But Kaa is negative for you, and in general he appears for five minutes, what kind of strong female character is he?
Director: Well, we decided that among the negative characters there should also be at least one woman!
Shere Khan (whisper): How lucky I am, it turns out...

But let's return to our heroes. Kaa almost swallows Mowgli, but then Baloo saves him. True, he saves for a reason, but for a selfish purpose - he needs Mowgli to get honey from a hive hanging on a steep cliff.
Mowgli: Baloo, but there are bees there! They probably bite!
Baloo: Why do you think so? Where have you ever seen bees sting?
Mowgli climbs a rock. Bees, of course, bite.
Mowgli: ***! *****! ****!!!
Baloo: What? Do they still bite? Strange, strange... They must be some kind of wrong bees!

As a result, Mowgli, almost at the cost of his own life, obtains the coveted honey for Baloo, but everything is not enough for the bear. He convinces Mowgli to work for him a little more, pointing out that in order to survive the winter, he needs another two hundred kilograms of honey. Mowgli works hard, Baloo sings a song about how good it is to live without worries and worries. Which, in general, is logical - he really lives the most carefree life, while Mowgli works tirelessly collecting honeycombs for him.

Meanwhile, Shere Khan has already settled down on the Council Rock and is trying to put together his own little Hitler Youth from the wolf youth.
Shere Khan: Hey, wolf cubs, go over to the side of evil, I have cookies, gnawed off the bones of an antelope, three of them! By the way, your parents love Mowgli much more than you. Because if they loved you, they would have given Mowgli to me long ago, and I would have stopped picking on your brains.
The wolf cubs, enticed by the gnawed bones, cling to Shere Khan. Adult wolves, looking at this disgrace, moan and cry, but they are still weak to send Shere Khan to hell.

Bagheera finds his pupil in Baloo's cave and is horrified by the sight of honey deposits propping up the cave arches and a skinny but contented Mowgli, proudly broadcasting how much he helps Baloo.
Bagheera: Let me unsee this! Baloo, since when have you been exploiting children? Mowgli, let's go, I'll take you to the people!
Baloo: Wait, Bagheera, don’t rush! You see, I only have three hundred and forty-five kilos of honey stored? Let there be at least five hundred for good measure!
Mowgli: Bagheera, you don't understand anything! Baloo can't climb rocks and trees, so without me he can't get this honey - and if he doesn't store enough honey, he won't survive hibernation!
Bagheera: But bears in the jungle don't hibernate!
Baloo: Well, why did you say that?

While they are sorting things out, Mowgli is kidnapped by evil macaques. They bring him to their king, King Kong, who wants to evolve to human condition and has even learned to sing jazz songs.
Fans of Soviet cartoons, stern canonists and champions of realism*cries while hugging*
King Kong King Louie: Mowgli, I have a valuable business proposal for you. Get me a Red Flower! And I'll give you a pear for this. Even two pears! And the banana – it’s almost completely whole, I only took one bite of it. So, what's the deal?
Mowgli: Are you serious? You're the size of a house, why do you need a red flower? And by the way, why do the inhabitants of the jungle know quite human words like “village”, but do not know the word “fire”?
Louis: Don't talk to me about it! Tell me, do you agree or not?
Mowgli: Listen, go and see the people yourself! They obviously won’t refuse you, such and such a thug, they will give you everything, whatever you ask. And then in this jungle, I see, every second animal, if not to eat me, then to exploit me.

While the trial is going on, Bagheera and Baloo burst into the monkey palace and a fight begins, during which Louis accidentally brings the palace down on his head. Mowgli, to whom Louis managed to inform about the death of Akela before his death, runs to the village for the Red Flower in order to take revenge on the hated tiger. On the way to the Council Rock, he accidentally sets a couple of trees on fire with his torch, and a large fire begins in the jungle, which Mowgli, however, manages not to notice. Frightened animals run to the river. Mowgli, waving a torch, comes running here, to general confusion.

Mowgli: Listen, animals! Now I will beat Shere Khan with a torch, and peace and grace will come to the jungle again!
Animals: Mowgli, of course, we don’t want to upset you, but you actually started a fire, and now we’re all going to burn!
Shere Khan: Well, are you happy, my tolerant ones? Have you raised a pyromaniac on your own? Well, wave, wave your torch again, we have only half of the jungle burned down yet, you still have room to turn around!
Mowgli (looks back and freezes at the sight of the fire raging behind him): Oh, nevermind! Guys, I didn’t want to, honestly! *throws a torch into the river in a fit of repentance*
Shere Khan: Well done! I decided to hunt a tiger without a gun, without a knife, with only a torch - and now I’ve blown that too!
Shere Khan rushes at the boy, but his path is blocked by the she-wolf Raksha, Mowgli's adoptive mother.
Raksha: Listen to me, wolves! We were silent when Shere Khan threw our leader off the cliff! We were silent when he corrupted our children! But now he dares to say that Mowgli was wrong when he set half the jungle on fire - and we simply cannot remain silent any longer!
Little Wolf: That awkward moment when you realize that Shere Khan was right and mom really loves Mowgli more than us...
The wolves, Bagheera and Baloo attack Shere Khan, and Mowgli runs away into the burning jungle. However, it becomes clear that it was not for nothing that the animal brethren were afraid of Shere Khan throughout the film - he tears up all his many opponents like a hot water bottle, after which he begins to rush through the burning jungle in search of Mowgli, demolishing everything in his path.
Mowgli: Eh, Shere Khan, if only your energy could be channeled into a peaceful direction...
Shere Khan: You will not get it!
Mowgli climbs a tree, Shere Khan climbs after him.
Severe champions of realism: But... but tigers are very bad at climbing trees!
Other viewers: Guys, he just single-handedly killed a huge bear, a panther and an entire pack of wolves, and some trees are confusing you?
Champions of realism: No, we just didn’t see everything else, we fell into a coma while watching King Kong singing and only now woke up.
Other viewers: It's too early for you.
Champions of realism: Yes, we already understand... *go back into coma*

Meanwhile on the tree...
Shere Khan: So, given: a flame is raging beneath me, and the branch on which I am standing is creaking menacingly and is about to break. Question: should I jump on Mowgli if he is standing at the very end of the branch, where it is very thin? *thinks*
Mowgli: Oh, come on! If you are weak at jumping, say so!
Shere Khan: To me? Weak?!
Shere Khan jumps on Mowgli, the branch under him predictably breaks, and the tiger falls into the fire. But Mowgli doesn’t fall into the fire because he had a bungee nearby. He somehow gets out of the jungle on fire and puts out the fire with the help of elephants.

And finally the long-awaited happy ending! Raksha, who has become the new leader, teaches the wolf cubs the Law of the Jungle, and Mowgli and Bagheera enjoy a siesta in the branches of a spreading tree. Suddenly the branch shakes under the weight of the massive carcass - Baloo decided to join his friends.
Bagheera: Oh look! I learned to climb trees.
Baloo: Yes, I actually always knew how.
Mowgli: So, wait! Not only are you not going to hibernate, but you also know how to climb? And why the hell am I, you ask, hunching over you all this time? Red flower for me, urgently! Half the jungle for the Red Flower!
Baloo: Come on, baby, don't be angry! Let’s better sing a song, otherwise the realists, it seems, will soon come out of their coma again...

Baloo sings a song, the other animals sing along with him:

Look, you're a homeless refugee,
Red-diapered homeless refugee,
If you don’t starve you’ll get eaten alive!
Yes, you're a liability
Who almost ends up killing me,
In real life I would eat you to survive!*

End!
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* reworking of Baloo's song "The Bare Necessities" from

To the question Are there wolves in the jungle? do they live there? given by the author chevron the best answer is Jungle is a colloquial term meaning dense and impenetrable tropical forest or subtropical forest. The etymology of the word jungle goes back to Sanskrit, in which the word jangal means impenetrable thickets. The English who lived in India borrowed this word from Hindi, making it Jungle and using it at first only in relation to the bamboo swampy groves of Hindustan and the Ganges delta.
In addition to excessive rainfall, the jungle is characterized by a large number of resident (as opposed to migratory) animal species and a huge biodiversity of flora and fauna.
Two-thirds of all animal and plant species on the planet live in the jungle. It is estimated that millions of animal and plant species remain undescribed. The jungle is sometimes called the "Jewel of the Earth" and "the world's largest pharmacy" as a large number of natural medicines have been found here. They are also called “the lungs of the Earth,” but this statement is controversial because it has no scientific basis, since these forests either do not produce oxygen at all or produce very little of it. But it should be borne in mind that a humid climate promotes effective air filtration due to the condensation of moisture on microparticles of pollution, which has a generally beneficial effect on the atmosphere.
The formation of undergrowth in the jungle is severely limited in many places due to the lack of sunlight in the lower layer. This allows humans and animals to move through the forest. If for any reason the deciduous canopy is missing or weakened, the lower tier is quickly covered with a dense thicket of grapes, shrubs and small trees.
Flora
Trees in the jungle have several common characteristics that are not seen in plants in less humid climates.
The base of the trunk in many species has wide, woody projections. Previously, it was assumed that these protrusions help the tree maintain balance, but now it is believed that water with dissolved nutrients flows along these protrusions to the roots of the tree. Broad leaves are also common on trees, shrubs and grasses in lower forest floors. Tall young trees that have not yet reached the top tier also have wider foliage, which then decreases with height. Wide leaves help plants better absorb sunlight under the edges of the trees of the forest, and they are protected from the wind from above. The leaves of the upper tier, which form the canopy, are usually smaller and heavily cut to reduce wind pressure. On the lower floors, the leaves are often narrowed at the ends so that this facilitates the rapid drainage of water and prevents the growth of microbes and moss on them, which destroy the leaves.
The tops of trees are often very well connected to each other with the help of vines or plants - epiphytes, attached to them.
Other characteristics of the jungle include the unusually thin (1-2 mm) bark of trees, sometimes covered with sharp thorns or prickles; the presence of flowers and fruits growing directly on tree trunks; a wide variety of juicy fruits that attract birds, mammals and even fish that feed on the sprayed particles.
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Red-eyed tree frog
In the jungle, there are edentates (families of sloths, anteaters and armadillos), broad-nosed monkeys, a number of families of rodents, chiropterans, llamas, marsupials, several orders of birds, as well as some reptiles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates. Many animals with prehensile tails live in trees - prehensile-tailed monkeys, pygmy and four-toed anteaters, opossums, prehensile-tailed porcupines, sloths. There are a lot of insects, especially butterflies (one of the richest faunas in the world) and beetles (more than 100 species); many fish (as many as 2,000 species - this is approximately one third of the world's freshwater fauna).
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From this article, you, my dears, will learn about the life, habitat and behavior of one of the strong, powerful and amazingly graceful animals, the Himalayan bears.

Himalayan bear has several names. It is called the Asian black bear, the white-breasted bear, and even the moon bear. They called him lunar because of the white stripe on his chest in the shape of a month or in the shape of an l Athenian letter V.

The habitat of this bear is quite extensive, from China and Japan to Nepal, and of course the northern part of India - the Himalayas.

This bear has a distinctive appearance from its other brothers.

At the withers it reaches a height of up to 100 cm, the length of its body reaches 120-195 cm. The tail grows up to 11 cm, the weight of males ranges from 90 to 150 kg, females are much smaller and their weight is only 65-90 kg. But there are also very large individuals, their weight reaches 225 kg.

This animal has an excellent sense of smell, significantly superior to that of a dog. But his eyesight is weak, his ears are large, but his hearing is not very sharp.

On average, Himalayan bears live for about 25 years.

This bear lives at an altitude of up to 4 km in summer, and in winter it descends to the foothills.

Himalayan bear leads a semi-arboreal lifestyle. The bear, climbing trees, gets food, and also hides from enemies and midges. In winter, Himalayan bears hibernate, and they make dens in the hollows of poplars and lindens. They communicate with each other using their voices, the little bear cubs scream, calling for the bear. If the bear makes a low noise If there are guttural sounds, then he expresses dissatisfaction with this. And if the sound is accompanied by the clicking of teeth, then the bear is expressing aggressiveness.

A white-breasted bear can climb to the top of the tallest tree from which it can descend in just 3 seconds. Having climbed to the top of the tree, the bear sits on the branches, places them under itself, forming a kind of nest, and begins to eat. In the mornings in a windless forest you can hear the sound of breaking branches.

When meeting a person, the bear tries to leave; it never attacks people for no reason. Mother bears guarding babies can make threatening lunges towards a person, but they attack only when the person starts shooting.

For winter hibernation, Himalayan bears settle in the hollows of large trees. The most suitable for this are poplars and lindens.

The entrance to the hollow is located 5 meters from the ground. Bears can also spend the winter in root hollows or even in nests, caves or rock crevices. A bear's winter den is located in an individual territory, and when approaching the den, the bear tries to hide its tracks.Hibernation for these white-breasted beauties ends in mid-April. The bear also has a good memory and remembers good and evil equally well.

Himalayan bears live solitary lives, but in places with an abundance of food, they gather together. These animals have a certain hierarchy, which is associated with the weight and age of the males. If the bear has not reached 80 kilograms, then it has no chance of coping with the female. They most often establish visual contact with each other, demonstrating their dominant status with poses. They sit down, lie down, move away. They rub against tree trunks to leave their scent. The more food there is in a selected area, the smaller this area becomes for a particular individual.

The Himalayan bear is a vegetarian. It feeds on plant foods, which include pine nuts, acorns, berries and fruits, grasses and shoots of shrubs. The bear preys very rarely, sometimes feeding on carrion. To replenish supplies Christmas tree, the bear eats ants, frogs and shellfish. Their favorite treat is bird cherry berries. In particularly fruitful years, large concentrations of these animals can be observed in the floodplains of rivers and springs. White-breasted bears do not eat fish.

The bear can stay on the selected tree for several days, since it only needs a small number of acorns to accumulate the fat necessary for wintering. This fat will be enough for him even in the spring, for the first time for several weeks after hibernation.

Just like the brown bear, the mating season of the Himalayan bear begins in the summer. The female gives birth to 1–2 cubs during the wintering period, in January or February. The cubs are born very small, weighing only 600–800 grams, develop very slowly and by the time they are a month old they still remain helpless.

At the age of one and a half months, the gray fluff with which the cubs are born is replaced by black fur, and the light areas of the fur gradually shift, forming a white spot on the chest. In April, the cubs and their mother leave the den. They are still so weak that when they stand on their hind legs, they try to grab something with their front paws.

Towards the end of April, the cubs are already quite grown and can run and deftly climb trees.

At first, the bear does not leave the den for long distances, and is constantly busy searching for food. During this period, the cubs feed on their mother's milk, but as soon as the grass grows. The mother transfers them to pasture.

By autumn, the cubs reach a weight of 16 kilograms and they spend their first winter in their mother’s den. Next fall, the already young bears begin to live independently and double their weight over the summer. Males reach sexual maturity at the age of three years, but stronger males do not allow them to reproduce.

The main enemies of the Himalayan white-breasted bear are the brown bear and the Amur tiger.

This interesting animal lives on the peaks and foothills of the Himalayas.

In the following articles we will continue our acquaintance with the animals of India.

See you on the site.

Photographer and zoologist Axel Gomil has been exploring India for the past 25 years. There is a tropical coast, and the snow-capped mountains of the Himalayas, and the Thar Desert, and tropical forests in the northeast of the country. Such different landscapes provide incredible biodiversity.
For example, of the 37 species of wild cats, 14 live in India, more than in any other country. For comparison, there are only ten cats living on the entire African continent.

Jungle. The image of an impenetrable, overgrown and hostile place where light barely penetrates often appears in your head. In fact, jungles are the world's hottest biodiversity hotspots.


The jungles of India are home to some of the world's rarest and most exotic animal species, and none symbolize Indian wildlife better than the tiger.
The tiger is considered the king of the jungle and the most powerful predator in the Indian subcontinent. Today there are about 50 reserves with a total area of ​​more than 70,000 square kilometers where tigers live. Such large conservation projects for tigers and their habitats have also benefited other jungle species.
Tigers love to relax in the shade during a hot day. Like all cats, they are always wary of their environment. And judging by her face, she recently had breakfast. The rest of the jungle inhabitants can relax for now - the next hunt will begin at night...


In the jungle, even squirrels are the size of a house cat. This is an Indian giant squirrel, it lives in the upper layer of the forest and rarely leaves the trees. Squirrels jump from tree to tree, covering about 6 meters. When in danger, these squirrels do not run away, but seem to “hang” and cling to tree trunks. The main enemies are birds of prey and leopards.


Water is life, especially in such a hot climate. It's no surprise that wetlands are a magnet for wild animals, who come here to drink or find some cool weather.
There is a very wide variety of residents here. The local masters, sitting at the top of the food chain, are crocodiles. In India, the marsh crocodile is the most common species.
These are sika deer. Birds are calm, they know that herbivores do not pose a threat.


Gray pelicans. These birds live mainly in shallow lakes.


Northwestern India is dominated by the Thar Desert. It is a very dry area with sand dunes. The distribution of precipitation is uneven: most of it occurs from July to September. Precipitation falls towards the west. In the driest areas there may be no precipitation for up to 2 years.
The appearance of this sloth bear is so unique that it has received the nickname “sloth bear.” The sloth bear is very different in appearance and lifestyle from real bears and is classified as a separate genus. The sloth bear, like the anteater, during evolution has adapted to feeding on colonial insects (ants and termites)


A female leopard stands at the entrance to a cave in a remote area of ​​Rajasthan, which she uses as a safe haven for her family.


Cranes are defenseless against predators. The most they can do is fly away quickly.


Kicks well.


And we are moving to the mountains. Some of the most impressive and diverse animal habitats in India are found in the north. This is the realm of the magnificent and ghostly snow leopard, others need to be on their guard.


Big cats have a hard time. People are taking over everything and taking over their original habitats. Food is becoming tight. Leopards are forced to visit villages and find easy prey - goats, poultry and even dogs.


Ranthambore National Park is located in the state of Rajasthan and is considered the best tiger reserve.


Life is tough for tigers these days. Over the past century, their number in the wild has seriously decreased from about 100,000 to 3,900, half of them live in India...

Mowgli is a popular character created by Kipling. For a long time, both book lovers and movie fans continue to admire this hero. And there is nothing strange about this, because Mowgli embodies beauty, intelligence and nobility, while being just a jungle fairy tale.

There is another fairly famous character raised by monkeys. We are, of course, talking about Tarzan. According to the book, he managed not only to integrate into society, but also to marry successfully. At the same time, animal habits almost completely disappeared.

Do fairy tales have a place in the real world?

Naturally, the stories look quite attractive, they take your breath away, take you into a world of adventure and make you believe that the characters will find a place for themselves in any country, in any conditions. But in reality, everything doesn't look so great. There have never been such cases when a child raised by animals eventually became a human being. He will begin to develop Mowgli syndrome.

Main features of the disease

The development of people is characterized by the presence of specific boundaries when certain functions are formed. Learning to speak, imitating parents, walking upright and much more. And if a child does not learn all this, then he will not do it when he grows up. And the real Mowgli is unlikely to learn human speech and will not begin to walk on all fours. And he would never understand the moral principles of society.

So what does Mowgli syndrome mean? We are talking about a certain number of characteristics and parameters that are possessed by those who were not raised in human society. This is the ability to speak, and the fear caused by people, and non-recognition of tableware, etc.

Of course, a “human child” raised by animals can be taught to imitate speech or behavior characteristic of people. But Mowgli's syndrome turns all this into ordinary training. Naturally, a child is capable of adapting to society if he is returned before the age of 12-13. However, he will still suffer from mental problems.

There was a case when a child was raised by dogs. Over time, the girl was taught to talk, but this did not make her consider herself a human. In her opinion, she was just a dog and did not belong to human society. Mowgli syndrome sometimes leads to death, because children raised by animals, when they get to people, begin to experience something other than just physiological.

Experts know a large number of stories of “human children”, and only a small part of them is known to society. This review will look at the most famous Mowgli children.

Chimpanzee boy from Nigeria

In 1996, a boy, Bello, was found in the jungles of Nigeria. It was difficult to determine his exact age, but according to experts, the child was only 2 years old. The foundling was found to have physical and mental abnormalities. Apparently because of this they left him in the forest. Naturally, he could not stand up for himself, but the chimpanzees not only did not harm him, but also accepted him into their tribe.

Like many other feral children, a boy named Bello adopted animal habits and began to walk like monkeys. The story became widespread in 2002, when the boy was discovered in a boarding school for abandoned children. At first, he often fought, threw various things, ran and jumped. However, over time he became calmer, but never learned to talk. In 2005, Bello died of unknown causes.

Bird boy from Russia

Mowgli syndrome made itself felt in many countries. Russia was no exception. In 2008, a six-year-old boy was found in Volgograd. Human speech was unfamiliar to him; instead, the foundling chirped. He acquired this skill thanks to his parrot friends. The boy's name was Vanya Yudin.

It should be noted that the guy was not physically harmed in any way. However, he was unable to make contact with people. Vanya had a birdlike demeanor and used his hands to express emotions. This was due to the fact that the guy lived for a long time without leaving the room in which his mother’s birds lived.

Although the boy lived with his mother, according to social workers, she not only did not talk to him, but also treated him like another feathered pet. At the present stage, the guy is in a center for psychological help. Experts are trying to return it from the bird world.

Boy raised by wolves

In 1867, a 6-year-old boy was found by Indian hunters. It happened in a cave where a pack of wolves lived. Dean Sanichar, which was the name of the foundling, ran on all fours, like animals. They tried to treat the guy, but in those days there were not only appropriate means, but also effective methods.

At first, the “human cub” ate raw meat, refused to eat dishes, and tried to tear off his clothes. Over time, he began to eat cooked meals. But I never learned to talk.

Wolf girls

In 1920, Amala and Kamala were discovered in a wolf den in India. The first was 1.5 years old, the second was already 8 years old. For most of their lives, the girls were raised by wolves. Although they were together, experts did not consider them sisters, since the age difference was quite significant. They were just left in one place at different times.

Feral children were found under rather interesting circumstances. At that time, rumors about two ghostly spirits who lived with the wolves became widespread in the village. Frightened residents came to the priest for help. He, hiding near the cave, waited for the wolves to leave and looked into their lair, where the children who were raised by the animals were discovered.

According to the priest’s description, the girls were “disgusting creatures from head to toe”, they moved exclusively on all fours, and did not possess any human characteristics. Although he had no experience in adapting such children, he took them with him.

Amala and Kamala slept together, refused to wear clothes, ate only raw meat, and howled often. They could no longer walk vertically, as the tendons and joints on their arms became shorter as a result of physical deformation. The girls refused to communicate with people, trying to return back to the jungle.

After some time, Amala died, which is why Kamala fell into deep mourning and even cried for the first time. The priest thought that she too would soon die, so he began to work more actively on her. As a result, Kamala learned to walk, at least a little, and even learned a few words. But in 1929 she too died due to kidney failure.

Children raised by dogs

Madina was discovered by specialists at the age of three. She was raised not by people, but by dogs. Madina preferred to bark, although she knew some words. After examination, the found girl was found to be mentally and physically healthy. It is for this reason that the dog girl still has a chance to return to a full life in human society.

Another similar story happened in Ukraine in 1991. Parents left their daughter Oksana at the age of three in a kennel, where she grew up for 5 years surrounded by dogs. In this regard, she adopted the behavior of animals, began to bark, growl, and moved exclusively on all fours.

The dog girl knew only two words - “yes” and “no”. After a course of intensive therapy, the child nevertheless acquired social and verbal skills and began to talk. But the psychological problems never went away. The girl does not know how to express herself, and quite often tries to communicate not by speech, but by showing emotions. Now the girl lives in Odessa in one of the clinics, often spending her time with animals.

Wolf girl

The Lobo girl was first seen in 1845. She, along with a pack of predators, attacked goats near San Felipe. After a year, the information about Lobo was confirmed. She was seen eating the meat of a dead goat. The villagers began searching for the child. They were the ones who caught the girl and named her Lobo.

But, like many other Mowgli children, the girl tried to break free, which she did. The next time she was seen was only 8 years later near the river with the wolf cubs. Frightened by people, she picked up the animals and disappeared into the forest. No one else met her.

wild child

The girl Rochom Piengeng disappeared along with her sister when she was only 8 years old. She was found only 18 years later in 2007, when her parents no longer hoped for it. The wild cub discovered was a peasant whose girl was trying to steal food. Her sister was never found.

We worked a lot with Roch and tried with all our might to return him to normal life. After a while she even began to say some words. If Rochom wanted to eat, she pointed to her mouth, often crawled on the ground and refused to wear clothes. The girl never got used to human life and ran away into the forest in 2010. Since then, her whereabouts have been unknown.

Child locked in a room

All those who are interested in children raised by animals know a girl named Jean. Although she did not live with animals, she resembled them in her habits. At the age of 13, she was locked in a room with only a chair and a potty tied to it. Father also liked to tie Jean up and lock her in a sleeping bag.

The child’s parent abused his power, did not allow the girl to talk, punishing her for trying to say something with a stick. Instead of human interaction, he growled and barked at her. The head of the family did not allow her mother to communicate with the child. For this reason, the girl’s vocabulary included only 20 words.

The genie was discovered in 1970. At first they thought she was autistic. But then the doctors discovered that the child had become a victim of violence. For a long period, Jean was treated in a children's hospital. But this did not lead to any significant improvements. Although she was able to answer some questions, she still had the habits of an animal. The girl kept her hands in front of her all the time, as if they were paws. She didn't stop scratching and biting.

Subsequently, a therapist began to take care of her upbringing. Thanks to him, she learned sign language and began to express emotions through drawings and communication. The training lasted for 4 years. Then she went to live with her mother, and then ended up with foster parents, with whom the girl was again unlucky. The new family caused the child to become mute. Now the girl lives in Southern California.

Wild Peter

Mowgli syndrome, examples of which were described above, also appeared in a child living in Germany. In 1724, people discovered a hairy boy who moved only on all fours. They were able to catch him through deception. Peter did not speak at all and ate only raw foods. Although he subsequently began to do simple work, he never learned to communicate. Wild Peter died at an old age.

Conclusion

These are not all examples. We can endlessly list people who have Mowgli syndrome. The psychology of wild foundlings is of great interest to many specialists, if only because not a single person raised by animals has ever been able to return to a normal, fulfilling life.