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> Similarly, I'm reading "Supernormal Stimuli" now, and there's a whole section on infants raised by various animals (chimps, wolves, chickens, leopards, etc, e
by palmotea 4mo ago
> Similarly, I'm reading "Supernormal Stimuli" now, and there's a whole section on infants raised by various animals (chimps, wolves, chickens, leopards, etc, etc). When they are found and brought back to human societies, basically none of them develop full language and integrate fully.
Infants raised by chickens? Chickens!? That doesn't sound real.
- abound 4mo agoReading it again, the book is referencing this case: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jul/11/fiji.jennyforsyth https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jul/11/fiji.jennyfors...
- palmotea 4mo agoSo not "raised by chickens," but rather abused and isolated in the presence of chickens. That's more plausible.