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As a youth Bagheera, the panther, was the self-proclaimed intellectual of a group of "Jungle Cubs," he always had an opinion to share. The youngest and smallest, he was the pack¼s leader, and he often instigated exciting adventures for the other cubs. His precociousness usually got him into trouble, stirring up a lot of commotion for the other cubs. As an adult he was among the most civilized and sophisticated of the jungle animals. When the young man-cub, Mowgli, was abandoned in the jungle Bagheera insured the infant's safety and entrusted him to a pack of wolves. Bagheera remained the boy's guardian through Mowgli's adolesence, finally reintroducing him into the company of mankind, despite intervention of such jungle beasts as Shere Kahn the Bengal tiger, King Louie the orangutan, Kaa the python and Baloo the Bear. |
Bagheera the Black Panther 
