Minor Project - Character Origins - 4

TARZAN

Human character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs; Tarzan shows superior physical abilities than athletes from the civilized world but in additional he was able to communicate with animals. Tarzan is the son of a British Lord and lady who were abandoned on the Atlantic coast of Africa by mutineers. When Tarzan was a child his mother died and his father was killed by Kerchak, the leader of the simian tribe by whom Tarzan was adopted. Tarzan´s agility, speed and strength allow him to kill leopards.