Batyr (1969–1993) was an Asian elephant claimed to be able to use a large amount of meaningful human speech. Living in a zoo in Kazakhstan, Batyr was widely reported as having a vocabulary of more than 20 phrases. A recording of Batyr saying “Batyr is good”,”Batyr is hungry” and using words such as “drink” and “give” was played on Kazakh state radio in 1980.
Batyr
