Hi Wilson...This is so funny that you've brought this up.
I am in the last third of a fun short to promo the animals now.
Its a council meeting and the reason for it will make you laugh and all the animals and birds are VERY concerned. It has a few twists and is generally more appreciate by adults for obvious reasons but kids can enjoy its innocent front too.
Its "tongue in cheek" fun. But its beautiful and very sweet. Sgonna make you laugh/.
The animals kindof talk animatedly in that the camera shows WHO is speaking at the time simply by viewpoint but the general feel of it is "Jackanory" if anyone remembers that.
Its a storytelling mode and all the animals are my synthed voice but it works.
On the finetuning side, you COULD make an artificial jaw and flip it as a dark lower shadow-jaw for speech but its alot of work that a good storyline will win you points with anyway.
:)