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How much do you know about the real 'Jungle Book' animals?

Friday, April 15, 2016
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/160414-real-jungle-book-animals-fact…

Russell L. Ciochon, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Iowa, says while Gigantopithecus, the King Louie ape is about 400,000 years old, he approves of its inclusion in the new Jungle Book film. 

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