Newbie - How can I insert new data with the current date/time?

[KKolle]

I have a table called animals (using the example in the MySQL guide). I have a
datetime column type.
Here is the table:
create table bug_master (
               id MEDIUMINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
               name CHAR(30) NOT NULL,
               date DATETIME NOT NULL,
               PRIMARY KEY (id)
          );

I want to do a simple insert into the table with the current date and time, i.e.
the system date.
I'm having some problems finding the correct sql syntax to do this. Could anyone
help with this?
Do I need a Now() function?

insert into animals <the rest of the query??>;

Thanks!
Kevin