Remember when being young meant testing the limits of what our bodies could survive? A bruising, adrenaline-fueled trip back to the reckless rites of passage that shaped a generation--and proved our hazardous history was all part of growing up.

From racing atop ostriches and wrestling wild bears, to raising pet skunks at home and ordering monkeys through the mail, we once welcomed the wild into our lives in some truly staggering ways.