Actions

Actions are certain things that your animal can do. These actions are sitting, dancing, hopping, sleeping, and playing (on land), and posing, dancing, diving, swirling, and playing (in the oceans). The way that an animal does an action depends on what animal it is. Generally, the actions of sitting, hopping, and sleeping (or diving, swirling, and posing in the oceans) are fairly similar among most animals, but dancing and playing usually varies very greatly. Actions can be accessed with the "actions" tab, and then can be done by clicking on the desired action. While doing an action, you can only do it in the spot you are in; moving from that spot will cause you to stop doing the action.

Possible actions (Land)
Sit: The animal will sit in one of four directions. These directions are southwest, southeast, northwest, and northeast. Most animals do this action in a fairly similar fashion, but there are still variations depending on the animal.

Dance: The animal will do a dance of some kind. This varies greatly depending on the animal.

Sleep: The animal will (usually) lay down and sleep. This action is fairly similar among most animals, but there are some differences as well.

Hop: The animal jumps up and down. Generally, this is almost the same among animals, but often there are differences, such as how high the animal jumps.

Play: The animal does another action of some sort. This also varies greatly depending on the animal, and often has to do with something the animal does in the wild (for example, the wolf howls, the deer eats grass before looking around, and the eagle will fly in a circle and then swoop down).

Possible actions (ocean)
Pose: This action is similar to the land's "sit" action, but the animal can only pose left or right (east/west). Like the "sit" action, it is also somewhat similar among animals.

Swirl: The animal swirls around in a circle. It is a little like the "hop" action, and is also relatively similar among animals.

Dive: The animal goes down, and then goes back up. It also is relatively similar among animals.

Dance: The animal does a dance, similar to the land version of this. This varies depending on the animal.

Play: This is similar to the "play" action on land. This varies depending on the animal.

Trivia

 * Certain actions can't be done while being next to another animal. For instance, if someone sleeps, and someone else hops on them, the sleeping animal will stand up. This was likely done because some users were using this inappropriately.