Raised Human

In 1986 Californian Dean Bernal settled in the Turks and Caicos Islands, where he came across a wild bottlenose dolphin known to locals as JoJo. JoJo found the perfect swim mate in swimmer and free diver, Dean.

Hester and Jerry Mundis look back fondly on the chaotic time in their lives when they raised a west African chimpanzee named Boris in their small Manhattan apartment in the late 1960s.

Animal trainer Ralph Helfer raises a lion called Zamba in his Californian home; Zamba becomes Ralph's best friend and soul mate.

In the 1990s, Mark & Dawn Dumas raised a vulnerable polar Bear cub in their own home. When Hollywood came knocking she became a movie star. The challenges of life with Agee as she grew into a mighty predator outweighed the joy and love she brings.

In 1978 Borneo grad student Gary Shapiro ventures into the rainforest to foster an orphaned orangutan called Princess. They form an intensely close relationship as Princess learns to communicate through sign language.

In 1970s Chicago animal psychologist Dr. Irene Pepperberg teaches an African Gray Parrot Alex to become a prodigy. Alex learned to name objects, count, describe color and shape. His language and math skills won the worlds affection Irene's heart.