Animals in French

Learn the names of Animals in French + answer short questions about them:
Qu’est-ce que c’est? What is it?
Tu aimes les araignées? Do you like spiders?

French Animal Vocabulary + Video clip: Short sentences with questions + likes/dislikes:

Animaux domestiques – Pets
un poisson (m) a fish
un chien (m) a dog
un chat (m) a cat
un lapin (m) a rabbit
un hamster (m) a hamster
un cochon d’Inde (m) a pig

Animaux de la ferme – Farm Animals
un canard (m) a duck
un dindon (m) a turkey
un coq( m) a cockerel
une vache (f) a cow
un cheval (m) a horse
(cheval changes to chevaux in the plural)
un mouton (m) a sheep
un cochon (m) a pig
un âne (m) a donkey
une chèvre (f) a goat
Plus:
une poule (f) a hen

Other animals:
un caméléon (m) a chameleon
un serpent (m) a snake
un héron (m) a heron
une mouette (f) a seagull
un lézard (m) a lizard
un écureuil (m) a squirrel
un hibou (m) a heron
un crabe (m) a crab
une araignée (f) a spider
un papillon (m) a butterfly

Which animals, birds, insects do you see on a regular basis?
Do you pass any on your way to school? Would you spot the heron in the video clip below if you were going by? Are there always the same birds in the sky?
Look up the names in French and write them down.
They might be:
Un pigeon (m) a pigeon
Un renard (m) a fox
Un moineau (m) a sparrow
Un rat (m)   a rat
Un écureuil (m)   a squirrel
Un scarabée (m)  a beetle

The first video has French subtitles, the second is a repeat with French AND English subtitles:

Excerpts from the Video Clip:

As-tu un animal?
Do you have a pet?
Oui, j’ai un poisson
Yes, I have a fish
Non, je n’ai pas d’animal
No, I do not have a pet
J’aime les araignées
I like spiders
Tu aimes les araignées?
Do you like spiders?
Non, je n’aime pas les araignées.
No, I do not like spiders
Je préfère les cochons d’Inde
I prefer guinea pigs
– – –
Moi, je n’ai pas d’animal …
I don’t have a pet …
mais j’aime les papillons.
but I like butterflies.
– – –
Qu’est-ce que c’est?
What is it?
C’est un héron!
It’s a heron!
Qu’est-ce que c’est?
What is it?
C’est une souris!
It’s a mouse!