Batyr the elephant
How did he speak?
What was he known for?
Manipulating his trunk:
- Trunk in mouth
- Pressing tip of trunk to the bottom of his jaw
- Manipulating tongue
He was able to:
- Say more than 20 phrases
- Whistle just like humans
- Imitate the sound of rubber on glass
- Peep like mice
- Bark like dogs
General information
- Born in 1969 in
- Died in 1993 due to an overdose of soporific drugs.
- Karaganda zoo
- Indian elephant
Did you know
How did they discover his ability?
- Father = Dubas
- Mother = Palm
- Never saw another elephant
- Circus wanted to exchange Batyr for Bonobo--> rejected
- On a postage stamp of Kazakhstan
- Organization: giving a voice to the elephant in the room
- Zoo employees first noticed it's speech when he asked them for water.
- The sound that he produced is comparable with the peep of mosquitoes.
- A lot of media stories