You might be familiar with the story of Tarzan or Romulus and Remus, the children who founded Rome. 

But did you know there are also real-life stories of children being raised by animals?

That’s our mystery today – we're going to investigate these tales of so-called 'feral children' and find out whether or not it would actually be possible to be raised by animals.

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