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* [[Shazam|Captain Marvel's]] buddy, Talky Tawny the Tiger.

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Detective Chimp]] in [[The DCU]] can actually communicate with all animals, but according to him humans are the best conversationalists.

== [[Fairy Tales]] ==

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* The Gray Wolf in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060523212750/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/index.html Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf]''.

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* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20170618020621/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/goosegirl/index.html Goose Girl]'s horse Falada—even after its head is chopped off.

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* The wolf in ''[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/392.htm The Golden Mermaid]''

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* [[Puss in Boots (fairy tale)|Puss-In-Boots]]

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* The hare in ''[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/368.htm The Golden Backbird]''

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* The fox in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718153050/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/pussboots/stories/donpear.html Don Joseph Pear]''

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* The fox in ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/stories/direach.html Mac Iain Direach]''—note that in other variants, the fox is an enchanted human.

== [[Film]]s -- Animation ==

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== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==

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* The Gray Wolf in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060523212750/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/index.html Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf]''.

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* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20170618020621/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/goosegirl/index.html Goose Girl]'s horse Falada—even after its head is chopped off.

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* The wolf in ''[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/392.htm The Golden Mermaid]''

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* [[Puss in Boots (fairy tale)|Puss-In-Boots]]

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* The hare in ''[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/368.htm The Golden Backbird]''

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* The fox in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718153050/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/pussboots/stories/donpear.html Don Joseph Pear]''

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* The fox in ''[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/stories/direach.html Mac Iain Direach]''—note that in other variants, the fox is an enchanted human.

* Balaam's donkey in [[The Bible]] was temporarily granted the ability to speak.

** Evangelists love this story because they like to point out that the donkey tells his master that he is a fool that is not following God's plan with the gift of speech he had just been granted. The joke being that if you have a donkey of all things calling you a fool then you are not doing very well spiritually.

** Evangelists love this story because they like to point out that the donkey tells his master that he is a fool that is not following God's plan with the gift of speech he had just been granted. The joke being that if you have a donkey of all things calling you a fool, then you are not doing very well spiritually.

* Hera temporarily gives Achilles' horse, Xanthos, the power of speech for a few minutes in ''[[The Iliad]]''.

* [[Older Than Dirt]]: A few ancient [[Egyptian Mythology|Egyptian stories]] have these; most are of the fable variety. It's not clear, on the other hand, just what the talking serpent lord of the island is in the tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor. The sailor certainly treats it as (the manifestation of) a deity.