"“These aren’t Jungle Book stories, they’re often harrowing cases of neglect and abuse...”
If you read the entire article, it's clear that this isn't a fairytale story. However, the fact that Ssebunya was abandoned by his human family and 'adopted' by a primate family gives me even more affection for the animal kingdom over the human kingdom. It's just as true, but at least there's heart at the core.
Because humans never adopt animals? Or is it because animals never abandon their young?
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/apr/06/ jungle-book-redux -as-eight-year-old-found-living-amongst-monkeys-in-uttar-pradesh-1590649.html
It's quite possible you're inferring too much from a translation artifact.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simian
Wikipedia explains it well -- there's no way to form a monkey clade (which includes new world monkeys and old world monkeys) which doesn't include apes.
My point was many languages besides English only have a word for the clade, and don't have a specific term for "everything in the clade but apes".
The most natural use of "monkey", and the only one with useful biological meaning, is to identify it with the simians in full (as that's the smallest clade which includes everything we think of as monkeys).
Of course, that makes apes a kind of monkey.
What's wrong with kids running around barefoot?
I mean, depending on where you live in the world, a lot of infectious diseases can spread by either wounds on the hand or vectors invading through the palm of the hand.
GAHHHHH! All the children must wear hand-shoes all the time!! Otherwise they'll all die! Maybe we adults (alleged adults. I refuse to believe I am one.) should too.
/s
You're just being silly and worrisome.
edit: to be less vague:
(1) Tetanus spores are present in soil all over the world and can easily infect a cut on the foot - between 1 and 2 in 10 cases are fatal (https://www.cdc.gov/tetanus/index.html).
(2) Hookwork larvae are present in soil all over the USA (and many other places) and can infect through intact skin - not fatal but can have unpleasant complications (https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/hookworm/)
(3) bilharzia infects through skin contact with contaminated water which includes puddles and just wet soil - not in the USA but many other countries - and kills tens of millions every year (https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/schistosomiasis/index.html)
[1] https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b7/69/46/b769...
For what it's worth, I have a pair of vibrams and they're very comfortable, even for weirdos like us. I imagine it's just a matter of sizing.
I've been thinking about buying these, along with a worn out pair of "normal" shoes.
Then I'll cut out the soles and put the top part over the weird comfy shoes.
Best of both worlds!
Death to all footcoffins!
They're not so much footcoffins as they are toe and sole protectors.
All VFs have a bit of rubber padding on the front of the toe to prevent toe-stubbing.
I've noticed a significant improvement in the coordination/sensitivity of my feet, I stub my toe a lot less often in VFs than when I wear regular shoes. My calves have also become a lot stronger, and my balance has improved as well.
I don't wear them all the time, but it's fun when I do.
I think the toed socks are definitely very weird-looking, especially when they come in white, looks like a some sort of fetish gear.
[1]http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/In-this...
Lets take that sentence and s/India/Flint/. "When I see the photos of Flint, I see poverty, people starving, literally living in garbage". It isn't far off isn't it? So how would you feel if a person from China asked us, how are you able to fund NASA when you have your own citizens desperate in Flint? How are you able to fund NASA when you have growing illiteracy in many American cities? People believing the earth is flat. People killing each other in Chiraq. People asking us why we have the highest incarceration rate and effectively modern-slavery system in the world. Do you see how your question reflects more on us and our own culture?
Because poverty isn't a problem born out of "literally not enough money to feed the population" it's significantly more complex than that.
> I want to see her feet, specifically
> her toes. If she really hasn't ever
> worn shoes then her toes will show it.
http://www.drgangemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/barefoot...
Uh, I'm no podiatrist, but those images are not particularly well distinguished from shoe wearing peers.
I don't look at those images and immediately think "feet that have never worn shoes" in my mind.
From what we can tell, the news is pretty accurate.
>>> "She behaves like an ape and screams loudly if doctors try to reach out to her."
Like an ape or like a monkey? She was raised by monkeys but acts like an ape? A lay person perhaps wouldn't know the difference but by now someone with knowledge would be on site. I have been around several disabled children. The screaming and fear of being looked at or touched is not uncommon. No mention of how she reacts to being clothed? I'm no expert on feral children but I would expect that after eight years of being naked one would not be happy about clothing and that would deserve some mention ... unless of course clothing is nothing new to her.
I want to see her feet, specifically her toes. If she really hasn't ever worn shoes then her toes will show it.
http://www.drgangemi.com/kids-health/childs-shoe/