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* ''[[The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness]]'': Torak. Only with wolves, ravens, and bears though.
* In the ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Hitchhiker's Guide]]'' books, after Arthur Dent learns how to fly, he also teaches himself the language of birds. This turns out to be a mistake, since all they talk about is nuts, bugs, sex and power-to-lift ratios. This means he's constantly surrounded by their inane chatter, but he ignores them as much as possible.
** Similar to the above, a footnote in ''[[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|Monstrous Regiment]]'' points out that [[Blessed with Suck|it's tough to understand the actual meaning of bird calls]]. Every time you step outdoors, you're regaled by stuff like "Bugger off, this is ''my'' bush!" and "Have sex with me, I can make my chest big and red!"
* In ''Charlotte's Web,'' Fern is able to understand what the animals are saying when they talk to each other, although she is not showing speaking to them herself.
* [[Tamora Pierce]]'s ''[[Tortall Universe|Immortals]]'' quartet is based around the principle of the heroine being able to speak to animals. Later she can even turn into them. At one point she even addresses the meat-eating dilemma, saying that after being hunted in both deer and goose form, she was down to only being able to eat chicken, mutton, and fish.
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