The animals always communicate -- but you can actually understand them at Magic Woods. 

Check out the picture gallery from 2006.

Guides wait for their patrons; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Waiting for Mother Nature; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Mother Nature sprinkles visitors with fairy dust; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

On the trail; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Both Spiders chat with their rapt auditors; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Garden spider; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Wolf Spider; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Eagle tells his story; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Lizard and snake -- compare and contrast; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Collared Lizard; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Snake; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Oak and Acorn talk about continuity; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Squirrel resting for a second; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Great Horned Owl; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Raccoon and Possum; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Skunk and bunny have different reactions to danger; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Did the skunk spray someone; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Katie the Mule -- one of the state animals of Missouri; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Mountain men teach about Missouri in the past; Photo by Jerry Kirchner, FOLNC volunteer

Green Elvis