cubhood

Not for nothing had he been exposed to the pitiless struggles for life in the day of his cubhood, when his mother and he, alone and unaided, held their own and survived in the ferocious environment of the Wild.

We learn about the strength of Kaa the snake's hypnotic stare, the heartbreak of Baloo's cubhood as he tries to prove himself to his father, and are introduced to the whirlwind that is Mowgli's foster mum as a young wolfcub.

Jessica Martin, Head Keeper at Emirates Park Zoo, has reared the friendly cheetah since cubhood and started teaching him to paint.