Wild animals have not been domesticated and live freely in the wild.
Wild is a term that is used with different meanings. As an adjective , it can be about the animal that has not been domesticated and that, in general, lives free in nature .
For example: “An unidentified wild animal attacked cattle and caused the death of twenty-four cows” , “My dream is to go on a safari in Africa to see how wild lions live” , “I would not like to encounter a wild beast in the “middle of the jungle.”
Those plants that grow wild, without human intervention in their cultivation and care, are also called wild: “I haven't been to the countryside for several months: I found the land full of wild plants,” “In the forest It is possible to see wild plants more than two meters high” , “If you don't take care of the garden, it will soon be covered with wild herbs” .
wild people
When the notion of savage is applied to a man , it is linked to his brutal behavior and lack of civility . At a scientific level, the idea of savage was formerly used in anthropology with reference to those peoples who lived differently from European civilization: however, over time, the concept was discarded due to its discriminatory nature.
Precisely we must also refer to what is known as a wild child , which is how we try to define that child who for a large part of his childhood has lived outside of society, normally without having any type of contact with other human beings or this being minimum.
A wild child is one who was raised outside of society.
Children raised outside of society
Throughout history there have been cases of this type of minors. Literally, among the best known are figures such as Tarzan or Mowgli , the protagonist of "The Jungle Book", who grow up in the jungle, surrounded by animals and who, therefore, learn to behave, interact and communicate like those beings. alive.
However, in reality there have been different wild children:
- Victor of Aveyron , who has been one of the most studied. He lived in the 18th century and was a preteen who was found naked and hunting by hunters in the forests of the Aveyron region of France.
- Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja . It is one of the few cases of small savages in Spain. When he was a child, his father sold him to a landowner who, in turn, bequeathed him as an assistant to an old goatherd who lived alone and took refuge in a cave in the Sierra Morena area. When the old man died, the little boy, who was about seven years old, found himself alone and abandoned. A situation that led him to live with wolves and he spent eleven years that way. His story is told in the film “Entre lobos” ( 2010 ), directed by Gerardo Olivares and starring Manuel Camacho .
Wild in colloquial language
Today the idea of savage appears in colloquial language with reference to violent and cruel people or events .
“He is a savage: he hit his son with a hammer”, “In a savage act, a gang tortured and killed three dogs”y “I cannot accept that a savage murderer like him is free”son expresiones que muestran este uso.