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Animals is a much louder version of Snap. To understand the basics of Animals, see the preceding section, “Snap.” The major difference between Snap and Animals is the way you call out for the cards.

Make sure that you have the following items to play Animals:

 Two or more players

 A standard deck of 52 cards

 Pencils and scraps of paper

At the start of the game, each player selects an animal, preferably one with a long and complicated name, such as duck-billed platypus or Tyrannosaurus Rex. Each player writes the name on a piece of paper and puts it in the middle of the table.

You shuffle the papers around, and every player takes one and then announces the name of the animal. Play can then begin.

When two players turn up matching cards, those players are the only ones who can win the cards. They must each try to call out the other person’s animal name first, and whoever succeeds wins both piles.

One Animals variation (sometimes called Animal Noises) calls for everyone to select common animals, such as a cat or dog. To win the cards, the two players who turn up matching cards must make the noise of their opponent’s animal before they do the same. Whoever makes and finishes the noise first wins the opponent’s pile of cards.

If you call out a name at the wrong moment, you concede all your played cards to the player with the animal (or animal noise) you call out. Making the wrong call or naming the wrong animal at the appropriate moment costs you nothing but loss, because the other player is likely to beat you to the punch.