children brought up by animals in the wild can be nurtured by a perplexing variety of creatures including bears, dogs, monkeys, goats, sheep, panthers and even gazelles. the two children, kamala, aged eight and amala, aged 18 months, behaved exactly like little wild animals. they slept during the day only waking after the rising of the moon, walked on all-fours, ate raw meat, and even bit and attacked other children if they felt threatened. the youngest child, amala, died within a year, but kamala lived for nine years in an orphanage, gradually losing her animal nature until she died of illness aged of 17.