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Talks continually to animals (7)

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rabbits

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'talks' is the definition.
(to rabbit is to talk excessively)

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(Other definitions for rabbits that I've seen before include "Warren residents" , "Talks at length" , "waffles" , "poor players" , "Watership Down protagonists" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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