The Zabu Diaries
Zabu encountered a youthful boy named Kevin Plunder as he was about to be attacked by a gaggle of Gentleman-Apes. Zabu saved Kevin, and the two grew to become companions. Zabu shielded the boy as he grew to adulthood, and finally took about the name Ka-Zar, meaning "Son from the Tiger". Zabu was introduced to close to-human intelligence as a result