Except Insert missing, Sql Server

Language: Layout:

-- ///////////SCHEMA///////////////////////////////////////////////////
CREATE TABLE Animals
    ([animal] varchar(255), [legs] int, [colour] varchar(255))
;

CREATE TABLE ObjectPermissions
    ([animal] varchar(255), [permission] varchar(255), [record] int, [test1] varchar(255), [test2] varchar(255), [test3] varchar(255) )
;

INSERT INTO Animals
    ([animal], [legs], [colour])
VALUES
    ('cat', 4, 'red'),
    ('bird', 2, 'yellow'),
    ('dog', 4, 'red'),
    ('deer', 4, 'red'),
    ('fish', 0, 'blue'),
    ('dingo', 4, 'yellow')
;

select * from animals
-- ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

DECLARE @temptable table (
        animal VARCHAR(max),
        legs VARCHAR(max),
        colour VARCHAR(max)
)

INSERT INTO @temptable (animal, legs, colour) VALUES ('fish' , 0, 'blue')
INSERT INTO @temptable (animal, legs, colour) VALUES ('dog', 4, 'red')
INSERT INTO @temptable (animal, legs, colour) VALUES ('Giraffe', 2, 'Orange')

select * into #temp from @temptable

insert Animals (animal, legs, colour)
select animal, legs, colour
from #temp
except
select animal, legs, colour
from Animals

drop table #temp;

select * from animals

View schema
Execution time: 0,06 sec, rows selected: 13, rows affected: 10, absolute service time: 0,3 sec