Talks continually to animals (7)
I believe the answer is:
rabbits
'talks' is the definition.
(to rabbit is to talk excessively)
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rabbits that I've seen before include "Warren residents" , "Talks at length" , "waffles" , "poor players" , "Watership Down protagonists" .)