Batyr
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This article is about the elephant. For the Turkic term for a hero, see Baghatur.
Batyr (May 24, 1970[1][2] – August 26, 1993) was an Asian elephant claimed to be able to use a large amount of meaningful human speech. Living in a zoo in Kazakhstan in the Soviet Union, Batyr was reported as having a vocabulary of more than 20 phrases.[3] A recording of Batyr saying "Batyr is good", his name and using words such as drink and give was played on Kazakh state radio and on the Soviet Central Television programme Vremya in 1980.[4]
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Born | (1970-05-24)May 24, 1970 Almaty Zoo, Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
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Died | (1993-08-26)August 26, 1993 (aged 23) Karaganda Zoo, Kazakhstan |
Known for | Intelligent use of 20 and more phrases |
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Like all cases of talking animals, these claims are subject to the observer-expectancy effect.