Complex sentence: Both possessed the ability to communicate with wild animals and were both orphans growing up and learning how to survive and live in the jungle Both were fiercely proficient in fighting with knives, spears, and bows, and improvised with makeshift weapons.
Split into simpler sentences: Both possessed the ability to communicate with wild animals and were both orphans growing up and learning how to survive and live in the jungle. She was fiercely proficient in fighting with knives, spears, and bows, and improvised with makeshift weapons.