Let's Learn English! Topic: Describing Animals! 🐎🦁🐕 (Lesson Only)

the couch. A cuddly animal just likes to be touching a human

very very cute. They are fun to play with. They really like um

very, very cuddly. Probably, the two most common would be

swatting at things with their paws and sometimes they fight

kittens on the farm at certain times of the year. They are

also very cute and adorable. So, we have a lot of adorable

Dogs can be very cuddly. Certainly, there are animals in

being. Usually, they're owner. So, cats can be very cuddly.

likes to sit on your lap. Maybe it likes to sit beside you on

adorable. This is the picture I was looking for earlier. So,

the world that um as humans, we like having around and they're

puppies are cute and adorable kittens which are baby cats are

with each other which is very adorable as well. Let me just

animal is cuddly, it means it likes to be with you. Maybe it

time to either snooze or simply not do very much at all. Then

take a little sip of water there and then, cuddly. When an

have a funny word in English called uh a we have a word

at night, um is active at night and during the day, take some

out at night. The bat is probably the most common

January they moved to Florida or another Southern US state

doesn't really do a lot during the day. And they tend to go

nocturnal animal. A nocturnal animal is an animal that hunts

animal is an animal that sleeps during the day or at least

Canada, they moved to Florida. Nocturnal. So, a nocturnal

but then they go south um when it starts to get cold. We also

goes and lives in the Southern United States during the

part of Canada's seasons and during the winter season in

and they lived there for a little bit during the colder

winter. So, they enjoy the warmer weather here in Canada

say oh there's snowbirds. That means around the beginning of

come back in the spring and then they fly south in the

we would say that they are migratory. There are a lot of

winter. So a lot of people their grandparents they would

snowbird. A snowbird is a person who lives in Canada who

off of it. So, this parrot is definitely feathered. So,

migratory birds in Canada. There are a lot of birds that

you have things like ducks, if they fly south in the winter,

feathered animals have feathers. Migratory. So, when

think you know what feathers are. They're a long uh piece of

either a parrot or a macaw. I think all parrots are macaws.

kind of a hard substance with soft hair like things coming

feathered animal has feathers. So, things like ducks, all

birds that fly have feathers. Um chickens have feathers. I

I'm not sure exactly. This isn't a science lesson but a

they're so cute. Feathered. So, a parrot is feathered. This is

it just is fun to watch. It makes you um just kinda go, oh,

off. Actually I should have put a picture of a bee goat here.

they jump on top and they jump up and down and then they jump

They are very very cute. So again, when an animal is cute,

jump on to their mums. So their mums are laying in the in the

pen or the pasture. And the baby goats are really cute cuz

actually very cute. Baby goats jump around a lot. And they

babies. To talk about puppies. To talk about kittens. We'll

some animals are massive like the elephant and some animals

we'll just say oh they're so cute. Um our baby goats are

screen. I think I missed one. Oh okay that's later on. Um

are definitely much smaller and very very tiny. And sometimes

puppies are very cute. We do use the word cute to talk about

very very tiny. This is a very cute dog by the way. Um but uh

garbage out and then raccoons open them. No matter what they

that other animals can't. In the cities in Canada, sometimes

at um finding their way in to different places. They're good

they are very, very clever. When you use the word clever,

they're just cute. So just a little review here. Sorry wrong

is actually tame. It would it would scare me, I think. No

do, no matter how they lock them, the raccoons Figure it

poodle. I'm not super familiar with them. But some animals are

out. They're very clever. Tiny. So um this is I think a teacup

it means smart and really good at figuring things out. Uh

things and it makes people very very annoyed. They put their

at um they use their paws in order to um do certain things

raccoons are able to open up garbage cans and those kinds of

raccoons good at opening garbage cans. Raccoons are good

never trust a lion. I would never think that a lion, lion

Clever. So, raccoons, we have a lot of raccoons in Canada and

matter how nice the lion is, I would still be afraid of it.

they'll do a circus act um and the lions are tame. I would

tamer will train the lions to be friendly towards them and

that animal is very very tame so um I have never been to the

a picture of a vicious dog. He might just be yawning like oh

see that um between what would be a human's fingers or toes,

circus sometimes there is a lion tamer who has lions which

the word vicious, I often think of dogs that are trying to bite

like maybe he's tired so either way um sometimes dogs can be

usually a rabid skunk. It usually has rabies. Normally

are normally wild animals but they have tamed that animal so

they're wearing a little bit of armor on their body like a

runs out and barks at me and growls at me and I just feel

Canada goose as being a little bit ferocious. They attack

dog. Sometimes, dogs are very, very friendly but sometimes

and you might use a scaling knife. But fish are definitely

Ducks are also web-footed. There are variety of web-footed

me see. They're definitely not like a fox. They're definitely

outer portion. Fish are delicious, says Semra. Yes. Um

so, here's the goose. Earlier, we were talking about the

there's actually some skin. So, the the goose is web footed.

rabies. And then, we would say that he would, then, he would

not like a dog. Instead, they have this really smooth, scaly,

skunks kind of come out at night. And they kind of walk

dogs can be very, very vicious. I'm not sure if this picture is

vicious and then tame so when you think about going to the

types of domesticated animals that are purebreds. Certain

also web footed. If you look at the feet of this goose, you can

animals on this planet. Vicious. So, when I think of

people. Sometimes, when I go for my walk, there's a dog that

like he wants to bite me. I feel like he might be a vicious

kinds of dog I think. So he is not a pure bred dog at all.

scaly. They have all these tiny little pieces. It's almost like

circus I don't think I've seen a tame lion ever so that lion

certain type of poodle or a German shepherd or a golden

fight with a wild animal, there's a chance he would get

knight would wear but they are scaly in the sense that um they

people sometimes. They're a little bit scary but they're

don't have fur. Uh they definitely are not like um let

vaccinated so that he doesn't get rabies. If Oscar got in a

the day it probably has rabies. Oscar dog got a needle, he got

sickly. They look a little bit sick, okay? So, definitely uh

catch a fish before you eat it, you have to get the scales off

So, fish have what are called scales on their body. When you

to you. And then we have purebred. A purebred animal is

around at night. But definitely uh if you see a skunk during

be a rabid dog. So, we got him vaccinated so that this doesn't

happen. Um let's see here. Scaly. So, fish have scales.

type of cow we had was a Holstein cow. There are certain

sometimes get. In Canada if you see a skunk during the day it's

types of dogs are considered purebred. So, if you have a

dogs, we would also consider mangee. So, a mangee dog is not

when you have a stray dog or wild dog, it might appear mingy

an actual mangee dog. When you have a mangee animal, it's fur

is falling out a little bit. It isn't living with humans. It

Rabid. So there is AA disease called rabies that animals

healthy. A mangee cat is not healthy. They're usually very

something like a German shepherd. When I was young, the

retriever, we would consider those animals to be purebreds.

very skinny because they don't have enough food and they look

that makes its hair fall out but many stray dogs or wild

Oscar is not a purebred. He is a mixture Of three different

might have like different insects attacking it and so

something that is fluffy. Um let me see here. Horned. So,

animals that have horns are called horned. So, horned

We have moose in Canada that also have horns. Very, very

interesting. Mangee. So, I didn't wanna put a picture of

fluffy, it's very very soft to the touch, okay? So, little

horned animals. So, a horned animal is something like

obviously the sheep, deer, elk, those types of things or moose.

sheep, you have goats that have horns, you have many, many

types of animals that have horns. We would say they are

baby chicks are very fluffy. They have tiny, tiny feathers

um and they're just super super soft. So, chick is definitely

kid, there was a pack of feral dogs that was going around um

lot of feral cats or feral dogs. Although, when I was a

This is a little bit different than furry. When something is

go back to the wild when they escape their chicken coop and

those eggs hatch into chicks uh and chicks are very fluffy.

the Humane Society came and found them. Left So, chick. So,

trying to get into people's barns and eventually, I think

they can become feral. Um around here, we don't have a

you have chickens. When chickens lay eggs, sometimes

the world where there are feral cats. These are cats that live

chickens can even um escape and live on their own. So, chickens

are an animal that we domesticated but sometimes they

in the wild as if they're wild animals. There are places there

are feral dogs. I think there's even feral chickens. I think

escaped or don't live with humans or maybe they ran away

and we work hard as humans to stop uh them from going

eat them and then eventually they were extinct for a number

extinct. Always a nice thing to do. Feral. So, feral animals

are animals that were domesticated but have now

and started to reproduce on their own. There are places in

that it is extinct. It's sad when an animal goes extinct. So

But when an animal no longer exists on the planet we say

endangered. So, that's really cool. So there are animals that

ability to fly and so it was very easy to hunt them and to

it's nice when if an animal is on the endangered species list

I think because there might have been diseases involved.

of reasons. I think because they hunted them a lot but also

uh is an island where this bird lived. It didn't have the

have gone extinct. The dodo is one example. I think Mauritius

animal that lives in the wild, lives in the wilderness, lives

seen a bald eagle here on the farm. It's a beautiful,

beautiful bird. So, it was endangered. It was at risk of

endangered. An endangered animal is an animal that may

but it was on the endangered species list. Um and then, I

the bald eagle was endangered. When I was doing my research

bald eagles on the planet but now, it is no longer

lives on my farm. I thought they only lived in parts of the

going extinct. There was a risk that there would be no more um

eventually not exist, okay? So, an endangered animal, actually

United States but we saw one uh on multiple occasions. We've

humans to survive. Or exist. We also have animals that are

just wanted to mention, there's actually a bald eagle that

for this lesson, I found out that it's no longer endangered

live in cities. But they are also considered wild animals.

animals even live in the city, Canadian geese and raccoons

reproduces in the wilderness, has babies um and does not need

in the forest, lives outside of the city, sometimes wild

So a wild animal is any animal that finds its own food,

we have the rhino or rhinoceros. A wild animal is an

as farm animals. The dog is the best example of this. All dogs,

And the opposite of course would be wild animals. So, here

goats, we often either they are farm animals or they are pets.

wolf but a dog is a domesticated animal. Dogs

run away from their owners and they'll live on the street or

usually don't live in the wild. Sometimes, they escape or they

animals are domesticated like cows or horses, sheep, and

domesticated. So, Oscar relies on us for food. He's not a dog

know an adjective to describe a human who's very mean, you

animals that a long time ago, thousands of years ago were

they'll live uh in little packs um but dogs are definitely

adjective to describe humans but lizards, snakes, turtles, I

who hunts for food. He is a domesticated dog. So, when

I think are descended from some kind of wolf or fox, probably a

the two. Domesticated. So, domesticated animals are

wild animals but now, they live with humans either as pets or

even humans are all warm blooded. Big difference between

think are all cold-blooded animals and cows, dogs, and

might say they're cold blooded, okay? So, we do use that

process, their metabolism, their use of food energy to

create heat in their body. And to main a constant temperature.

Cold blooded animals do not produce heat through their

Humans are warm blooded as well. Although, if you want to

Warm blooded animals on the other hand use their digestive

metabolism. Okay? So they cannot keep themselves warm.

blooded animals often will lay in the sun in order to warm up.

animals cannot maintain their body temperature. Okay? So cold

certainly um I'm not sure if it's nice to say but I do think

we have cold blooded and warm blooded animals. Cold blooded

the platypus is a little bit weird when you look at it. So

because it has feet like a duck and it has like a bill, like a,

different animals. There's always a oak that the platypus

this fox is very furry. The fox has a lot of hair that when you

like a duck but it kinda looks more like a beaver or a

was made out of leftover parts from other animals. But

muskrat. So, it's kind of this strange combination of

is furry, it means it is covered in hair but that hair

So, whenever I see the platypus, I think it's a weird

very hairy but animals we would describe as furry. Okay? So

animal. It's probably a very nice animal. I don't know a lot

human beings you would though describe as hairy. That would

brain and so that makes the dolphin very very intelligent.

animals in the world. Humans are not very furry. Um

is very soft to the touch. There are a lot of furry

the trees and they are noisy in the morning. It's a little bit

sometimes men will grow lots of facial hair and they'll have

lots of hair on their back and we might say that that person's

be the right way, right? Way to do it. Let's see here. Weird.

about it but I think to myself, the platypus seems weird

furry. Rabbits are furry, cats are furry, dogs are furry. Uh

lot of trees and I think there's just a lot of birds in

Um I think some people think in dolphins are more intelligent

intelligent. When I think about an animal and I think about the

than human beings even but I don't think so. I think we I

have a lot of hair on an animal, you would say they are

something, it means you're the one that has that

noisy is when you make a lot of noise. And then I have the word

way. Dangerous. When an animal is dangerous, it means that you

window. There are a lot of birds in my area. There are a

think we have a lock on that. When you have a lock on

characteristic no one else does. Furry. So, when an animal

sorry. Noisy is when you wanna know other things about people,

dolphins. They would do all kind tricks. They were very

would go to marine land, which is a place close to us that has

word intelligent, I naturally think of the dolphin. When I

about animals that are noisy the first animal I think of is

intelligent animals. The dolphin I think has a very big

uh overwhelming. So when I think about noisy, noisy,

Both very, very bad for you. You don't want to be bitten by

dangerous animals in the world. One animal that might appear to

hippopotamus a few times. It's a little tricky. Um it's a

We say either hippo or we say hippopotamus. Maybe try saying

morning. Often I get woken up by birds chirping uh outside my

touch something that is poisonous. When we talk about

the bird. There are a lot of birds outside my window in the

and graze in a pasture. Graze is when you eat grass by the

a snake and you don't want to accidentally eat something or

people love having horses. Not are they fun to ride but

be safe to be around is a but is actually quite dangerous is

little tricky to uh pronounce. Noisy. So for me when I think

time to help them do farm work, to help them around their

realize that it is a very beautiful animal. This is why

very dangerous animal. And again we have two names for it.

um an animal that is beautiful, the most common animal would be

When you see a horse running and you see all the horse's

the hippopotamus. The hippopotamus is considered a

have to be careful when you are around it. There are a lot of

plants and poisonous animals are not good for you. They can

though, um we're talking about animals that are venomous.

bit like a snail but they don't have a shell. Sometimes, slugs

muscles underneath their um their fur or their hair, you

carriages or carts but the horse also has a beauty to it.

they're also fun just to watch as they run around the field

eat a poisonous animal, it is harmful. It is bad for you. You

eat our baby plants when we plant them in the field. But

properties, to help them build roads a long time ago, to pull

was actually afraid of elephants when I was in South

either harm you or even kill you. When we talk about snakes

Africa they are when I saw an elephant in real life it was

animal. Sometimes, if you touch a poisonous animal, or if you

bigger than I actually expected it to be it was a little bit

maybe the blue whale is another animal that comes to mind um

word massive uh and when I'm thinking about animals as well

it. The snail is a very slimy animal. When a snail goes

English. We also have things like slugs. Slugs look a little

across a surface, it leads a little trail of slime. It's a

considered slow, a rabbit is considered fast. In fact, on my

they inject venom into your body. So, a snake is a venomous

the horse. Uh human being have used horses for a very long

say enormous, gigantic, massive. Um the elephant is

Venomous animals try to bite you and when they bite you,

animal. The puffer fish would be known as a poisonous animal.

very, very quickly. Slimy. So, there are a few different

usually the animal that comes to mind when I think about the

don't want to eat something that is poisonous. Poisonous

animals that you would think are slimy. When something's

tractor, there's a lever and at one end, there's a turtle and

come to mind is the turtle. Fast. So the animal that might

rabbit if I understand correctly. Um but a turtle is

frightening poisonous. So, there's a slight difference

several words to describe an animal that is large. You could

see the word slow would be a turtle or a tortoise. So,

little bit um Gross would be another word we might use in

think one of the fastest land animals. But we also might

in order to kill them and eat them. I know that's a little

between poisonous animals and venomous animals. A poisonous

certainly those are gigantic massive enormous animals um I

There we go. We're good. Um we often think about the rabbit.

There is a story, the tortoise and the hare. So, again, rabbit

on the tractor and if you put it On the turtle, the engine is

whereas a tortoise primarily lives on land. But if you think

about the slowest animal in the world, one animal that might

wanna make sure give me one second here to check something.

animal in the world. Uh when I saw One time, I was actually a

turtles spend an amount of time in the water and on land

slimy, it's slippery and it has like a slime on the bottom of

sorry I'm just losing track of my train of thought here. I

goes slowly. If you put it on the rabbit, the engine goes

at the other end, there's a rabbit. Those are the symbols

exact difference between them except that it sounds like

definitely, a snail is a slimy animal. Massive. So, there are

think about the rabbit or hare. Okay? So the rabbit um is uh

dirty animal. Uh we do not have pigs on our farm but pigs are

animal or the animal that you think about most often when you

little bit scared. I should have put that in the lesson

come to mind when you think about fast is the cheetah. I

the pig might be considered a dirty animal. Personally, I

and hare are fairly similar. A hair might be a slightly bigger

about uh our fears but the lion is definitely considered

turtles and tortoises are different. I don't know the

mud. That means they roll around and lay in the mud. I

for being dirty would be a pig. So, you can see with this

considered dirty. Probably, the word most associated with a

ferocious. And then we have slow and fast. So, the slowest

lion is the word ferocious. When an animal is ferocious, it

crazy but an a lion is probably known as the most ferocious

think they do that to stay cool and I think they root around

actually think they're rather cute but they can also be

means it attacks quickly. It's violent. It hunts other animals

lesson today, I put the name of each animal underneath. I think

it's the opposite of clean. The animal that might be most known

with their nose to find roots and other things to eat. So,

animal names in English but I thought it might be a good idea

to include that as well. So, the pig might be considered a

most of you know all of your animal names or most of your

sometimes known to root around in the mud or wallow in the

descriptive word for each of them. So, the first word that

that English lesson, I realized that certain animals are almost

we're going to learn is the word dirty. So, when an animal

forty-two animals and a description of each animal, a

is dirty, when a person is dirty, when something is dirty,

don't have every animal in the world but I have uh oh

fun today to do an English lesson about how to describe

This is a topic that I've been wanting to do for a long time.

animals. I think that I have almost every animal. No, I

always describe a certain way. And so I thought it would be

I did a lesson on animals a long time ago and when I did

to help you learn how to describe animals in English.

Well, hello and welcome to this English lesson where I'm going

puppies cats, kittens, and dogs. There you go.