Veterans visit the Conservation Nature Center

Laura Simon

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Residents of the Missouri Veterans Home visit the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016.

Leonard Koenig looks over a display of duck calls at the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Tom Whittard pets a two-headed rat snake held by Jamie Koehler at the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Jamie Koehler shows veterans from the Missouri Veterans Home a yellow-bellied water snake at the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Jamie Koehler shows veterans from the Missouri Veterans Home a yellow-bellied water snake at the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Laura Simon)

Shirley Whittard, a volunteer at the Missouri Veterans Home, escorts resident Frank Dybel through the displays at the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Leonard Koenig gets tickled after petting a yellow-bellied water snake at the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Laura Simon)
A resident from the Missouri Veterans Home checks out an American toad at the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Leonard Koenig plays with a duck call at the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Tim Bowers touches a two-headed rat snake held by Jamie Koehler at the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Laura Simon)

Yvonne Sale gently touches a two-headed rat snake held by Jamie Koehler at the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Jamie Koehler holds a two-headed rat snake at the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Leonard Koenig reaches out to touch a two-headed rat snake held by Jamie Koehler at the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Carl Henneke checks out an American toad held by Belinda Phillips at the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Frank Dybel, left, and Shirley Whittard chat in the auditorium at the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Yvonne Sale checks out a two-headed rat snake held by Jamie Koehler at the Conservation Nature Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. Residents at the Missouri Veterans Home were treated to a morning of nature films, checking out native animals and a kettle beef lunch. (Laura Simon)