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* In ''Theatre/OrpheusAPoeticDrama'', Orpheus gains musical inspiration and advice on what to do from the animals, who respect the cycle of life and advise him to appeal to Persephone for Eurydice's soul.
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* In ''Theatre/OrpheusAPoeticDrama'', Orpheus gains musical inspiration and advice on what to do from the animals, who respect the cycle of life and advise him to appeal to Persephone for Eurydice's soul.
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* Louise Searl's short story ''Sharazad'', featured in ''Literature/TheDreamEatersAndOtherStories'', is about bipedal lions, hyenas and African wild dogs with human-level intelligence. They evolved naturally after humanity's extinction.
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* In the kids' show ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'', the titular dog is a detective.
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* In the kids' show ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'', the titular dog Blue. Despite being a puppy (and mentally a child) Blue is probably one of the most intelligent characters in the series, even though she occasionally has the same limitations as a detective.child and/or a pet. In fact, the reason she was in the world the series takes place in (the Storybook World) was because she felt out of place in the world where she was born, as she was an animal that acted like a human being instead of a common puppy, like the other dogs of her farm.
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* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'' takes the concept of smart animals prevalent in canon, and adds a character with the ability to give them their own voice. The result is that approximately every animal showing up in the story has a mind, voice and personality to express themselves with, from the News Coo wanting to break into journalism, to the unending ''Old Spice'' references made by the South Birds. To say nothing of the ones who end up joining the crew - add "ability to hold their own in a fight" and "government-issued pirate bounty" to the list.
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** Animals in general tend to be far smarter and more human-like than you'd credit them for. The News Coos (seagulls) fly around the world delivering newspapers (and taking payment), the Kung-Fu Dugongs have an established society, and an otter and a vulture form the frighteningly competent and ironically named Baroque Works team known as "The Unluckies".
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* The Bunyip in Creator/NaomiNovik's ''[[Literature/{{Temeraire}} Tounges of Serpents]]'', a race of landgators adapted to living underground who set complex traps, communicate between communities and understand the concept of trade/bribery.
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* The Bunyip in Creator/NaomiNovik's ''[[Literature/{{Temeraire}} Tounges Tongues of Serpents]]'', a race of landgators adapted to living underground who set complex traps, communicate between communities and understand the concept of trade/bribery.
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** The rats of Ankh-Mopork, especially those living in the Patrician's Palace, have an almost-human intellect as a result of all the magical books and rubbish from the Unseen University they nibble on. When Vimes is thrown into the Patrician's prison in ''Literature/GuardsGuards'' he discovers the Patrician is teaching them about the finer details of diplomacy and statecraft in return for small favours.
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** The rats of Ankh-Mopork, Ankh-Morpork, especially those living in the Patrician's Palace, have an almost-human intellect as a result of all the magical books and rubbish from the Unseen University they nibble on. When Vimes is thrown into the Patrician's prison in ''Literature/GuardsGuards'' he discovers the Patrician is teaching them about the finer details of diplomacy and statecraft in return for small favours.
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** The ''dyheli'', deer creatures with PsychicPowers, a stong herd mentality, and the fuzzy concept of free will that you get when you mash the first two together. Probably the most powerful minds in the series; in one novel, a ''dyheli'' herd leader repeatedly displays the ability to ignore mental shields in order to get concepts across. They allow the [[MagicalNativeAmerican Tayledras]] to [[SapientSteed ride them]] as equal partners.
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** The ''dyheli'', deer creatures with PsychicPowers, a stong strong herd mentality, and the fuzzy concept of free will that you get when you mash the first two together. Probably the most powerful minds in the series; in one novel, a ''dyheli'' herd leader repeatedly displays the ability to ignore mental shields in order to get concepts across. They allow the [[MagicalNativeAmerican Tayledras]] to [[SapientSteed ride them]] as equal partners.
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* It still remains unclear whether Creator/JonathanSwift meant the Houhynhyms of ''Literature/GulliversTravels'' to be taken seriously in their cynical, anti-human perspective. (Inverted in the Yahoos with which they share their island, who are unintelligent humans, or perhaps very humanlike apes.)
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* It still remains unclear whether Creator/JonathanSwift meant the Houhynhyms Houyhnhnms of ''Literature/GulliversTravels'' to be taken seriously in their cynical, anti-human perspective. (Inverted in the Yahoos with which they share their island, who are unintelligent humans, or perhaps very humanlike apes.)
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* ''Literature/HarrysMad'': Madison[=/=]Mad (an African Gray Parrot) is fully capable of understanding and fluently speaking English. He chalks it up to having been 'raised' by a professor of linguistics.
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* ''Literature/KingCrow'': The crow is not [[CleverCrows simply clever]], but smart as a human.
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* ''WesternAnimation/GlistenAndTheMerryMission'': The reindeer are shown to be more technologically advanced than the elves who refuse to modernize as their introductory scene has them using computers to monitor the weather.
