Anna und die wilden Tiere

Episode 1

Wie wild ist das Wildpferd?

24 mins

Episode 2

Mausohr, Abendsegler und andere Fledermäuse

Episode 3

Imker Sepp und die Bienen

24 mins

Episode 4

Der Falkner und seine Greifvöge

Episode 5

Wo weidet der Wisent?

24 mins

Episode 6

Nüsse für die Eichhörnchen

Episode 7

Wenn der Eisbär fliegen muss

24 mins

Episode 8

Wie pupst der Delfin?

24 mins

Episode 9

Die Zähne des Alligators

24 mins

Episode 10

Wie fischt der Pelikan?

24 mins

This time, Anna wants to introduce a bird with a mighty big mouth - a pelican. More specifically, it's the brown pelican, the smallest of the eight pelican species. But what does "small" even mean? When it flies, it has a wingspan of two meters. Even a golden eagle can't reach any larger. And its mouth and throat pouch hold ten liters of fluid - let's see who can match that. Its favorite food is fish, and there's plenty of it off the coast of Florida. But that's precisely where the catch lies: where there are fish, fishermen aren't far away. And where fishermen cast their lines, fishhooks fly about. For seabirds like the pelican, these can quickly become life-threatening. In Florida, America's Sunshine State, Anna visits a seabird rescue center and meets two pelicans: the cheeky Sweet Pie and the blind Sweet Bay. While Sweet Pie gives Anna a good run for her money while she cleans her, Sweet Bay is delighted with the fish that Anna feeds by hand. During the vet visit, the animal reporter even puts her hand on a pelican and looks deep into its throat. The boat then takes her to Sarasota Bay. Here, Anna can observe brown pelicans in their natural habitat: hunting, relaxing on a sandbar, or preening their feathers in the mangroves. Suddenly, Anna spots a group of white pelicans. A rarity. They are among the largest seabirds in the world and have just flown from the north to the warmer coastal regions of Florida. What a wonderful coincidence. Back at the harbor, Anna and animal rights activist Beth notice another brown pelican. But something is wrong with it. The case quickly becomes clear: A fishing hook is stuck in the poor animal, and it is dragging the fishing line behind it. Now it's all about the animal's welfare. Can Anna and Beth save the pelican?

Episode 11

Wo grast die Seekuh?

24 mins

Everyone knows what a seahorse looks like. But what does a manatee look like? Anna wants to find out off the coast of Florida. So, pack your swimsuit and head to the Sunshine State.

Episode 12

Hat das Rentier eine rote Nase?

24 mins

Reindeer pull Santa's sleigh-or so the story goes-and live in the forests of the North. These special deer are perfectly adapted to life in the Arctic cold. They have long, thick fur and hooves that are up to 2 cm long.

Episode 13

Wie kommt der Igel durch den Winter?

Episode 14

Lama und Alpaka - Die Meisterspucker

24 mins

Animal reporter Anna has traveled to the Andean highlands. There she wants to observe camels up close: Camels? Yes. Llamas and alpacas, the smaller relatives of these "ships of the desert," live at dizzying altitudes in South America.

Episode 15

Ein Tapir geht baden

24 mins

Episode 16

Die Affen mit den breiten Nasen

While animal reporter Anna battles her way through the rainforest of Ecuador in South America, a woolly monkey performs acrobatics high in the treetops. It is Anna's first encounter with New World monkeys. The monkeys are so named because America, the "New World," was only discovered a good 500 years ago. At the ammaZOONnico rescue center, Anna meets even more New World monkeys with their characteristic, widely spaced nostrils. She is particularly fascinated by the squirrel monkeys. She devises a fun game for the intelligent monkeys, which even includes popcorn. Most of the center's monkeys are being released back into the wild. Anna accompanies the male woolly monkey, Hermann, on an exciting journey deep into the rainforest. There, he is to meet his new family: two females and a young one. Will they accept Hermann as their new leader? Only then is the group suitable for release into the wild. At a secret location, Anna finally witnesses how previously released woolly monkeys enjoy their lives in the wild.

Episode 17

Pekaris sind auch Schweine

24 mins

Anna smells them long before she sees them: In the Ecuadorian rainforest, the animal reporter meets peccaries. While related to our pigs, they belong to the peccary family. They get their name from a gland on their rear end that looks like a belly button. Anna learns that this gland is also the source of their strong odor. Pecaries are wild animals that roam the rainforest in large groups. They don't like strangers at all. Nevertheless, Anna gets very close to one peccary: Its name is Gino, and it was kept as a pet, so it's used to people. But that's illegal, and Anna helps bring it to the amaZOOnico rescue center. The peccaries being cared for there are to be released back into the wild. For this to happen, however, they must be able to find enough food for themselves and they must know where the dangers lurk in the rainforest. Anna wants to find out if the peccaries already possess these skills by conducting a few tests. She also learns how peccaries create frog ponds.

Episode 18

Kolibris - die Meisterflieger

24 mins

Episode 19

Wie der Seeadler fliegt

Episode 20

Im Garten der Schmetterlinge

Episode 21

Wo pfeift das Murmeltier?

Episode 22

Wie viel Kröte steckt im Frosch?

24 mins

Episode 23

Wer lässt die Maus raus?

24 mins

Mice are found all over the world. House mice, in particular, have always found barns and pantries to be a paradise. So Anna begins her search for the small rodents on a farm near Münster. Mouse droppings lead her and biologist Dirk to a nest full of young. Mice reproduce rapidly: a pair can produce over 100 in just a few weeks. Anna learns how to drive away the cheeky rodents without killing them from Jens, who researches mice at the Julius Kühn Institute in Münster. With him, she checks traps used to catch mice alive at the edge of fields. Using the field mice, biologist Annika demonstrates an experiment to the animal reporter in which she prepares feeding stations with various scents. She wants to find out which substances "smell" so bad to mice that they avoid them. Perhaps this could be a method to keep the rodents away from cornfields. At the Allwetterzoo in Münster, Dirk shows Anna the thumb-sized pygmy mice, which she can lure from their hiding places with food. The rare spiny mouse is also curious: It's actually prickly - like a small hedgehog.

Episode 24

Ist das Reh die Frau vom Hirsch?

Episode 25

Frech wie ein Marder

24 mins

Anna had originally planned to drive. But the car's cables were badly damaged. The animal reporter had a hunch about who might have done it. And her suspicion was confirmed: Henry, the head of the Hankensbüttel Otter Center, recognized the damage.

Episode 26

Was webt der Webervogel?

Episode 27

Schlau wie die Schimpansen

24 mins

Episode 28

Auf den Spuren der Berggorillas

Episode 29

Sushi, der Schuhschnabel

Episode 30

Ein Fluss voller Flusspferde

Episode 31

So jagt der Gepard

24 mins

Episode 32

Das Tannenzapfentier

Episode 33

Wie schlingt die Schlange?

24 mins

For animal reporter Anna, everything today revolves around snakes - more precisely, the six native snake species in Germany.

Episode 34

Im Reich der Termiten

Episode 35

Klug wie ein Rabe

24 mins

Are ravens really that smart? And why are they considered harbingers of bad luck? To find out, Anna visits Marco, a film animal trainer who lives near Hamburg. Here, Anna meets Penny, a raven, and is immediately fascinated by the bright and curious Penny. It's not easy to keep such a clever and cheeky bird. Marco has to constantly invent new games for Penny to keep her from getting bored. Together with Anna, he presents the female raven with a box of food. Penny first has to figure out how to open the box before she can reach the treats. To Anna's surprise, Penny doesn't immediately pounce, but carefully circles the unfamiliar object first. She always stays on guard - so she can't be caught off guard by something completely unexpected. Pretty clever. Penny isn't the only corvid living with Marco. He also shows Anna "the others": They are three-week-old jackdaws. They greedily gobble up the pieces of meat Anna gives them. Refreshed, they simply hop off Anna's hand, and the reporter has to make sure she quickly catches the cheeky jackdaws again.

Episode 36

Wo klettert der Steinbock?

24 mins

Where can I find the ibex? It's all uphill. That's quite strenuous - but it's worth the effort. Since ibex were almost extinct 100 years ago, the Innsbruck Alpine Zoo regularly releases young ibex into the wild. And this time, Anna is there live.

Episode 37

Der Tanz des Kranichs

24 mins

Episode 38

Störfall an der Donau

Episode 39

Wo klappert der Storch?

Episode 40

Wie robben Seebären?

Episode 41

Die Zunge der Giraffe

Episode 42

Feldhase und Wildkaninchen

24 mins

The brown hare and the wild rabbit look remarkably similar. Even Anna can't quite tell the two species apart. But the animal reporter knows just who to turn to: the Sachsenhagen Wildlife Rescue Center. With animal caretaker Miriam, she gets to the bottom of the differences. While she's there, she's tending to a cute little ball of fluff: Is it a baby brown hare? Or a young wild rabbit? Miriam explains how Anna can tell: A sure sign is the black spots on the tips of the ears - brown hare. Anna is nursing the few-days-old joey back to health with special milk. Then it is a big day for the wild rabbits. Anna gets to release the grown-up rabbits back into the wild. But not in the wild, rather on the expansive grounds of the wildlife rescue center. Wild rabbits are considered pests because they reproduce very quickly and could overgraze fields. However different brown hares and wild rabbits may be, both species need support from us humans - especially because their habitats are increasingly disappearing.

Episode 43

Bunt wie ein Wildhund

24 mins

Episode 44

Unterwegs mit der Elefantenpolizei

Episode 45

Orang-Utans in der Schule

Episode 46

Die Feueraugen der Plumploris

Episode 47

Der Gesang der Gibbons

24 mins

Episode 48

Welcher Frosch quakt nachts im Dschungel?

Episode 49

Beim Elefantendoktor

Episode 50

Schneckenkönig gesucht

Episode 51

Ein Flugzeug voller Auerhühner

24 mins

This time, Anna is searching for Europe's largest gallinule: the capercaillie. Males grow up to one meter tall and weigh five kilograms. But despite their size, these birds are rarely seen in German forests. Because humans are encroaching on their habitats, the shy capercaillie no longer have peace. These beautiful birds are threatened with extinction. But that could change. In Lichterfelde, Brandenburg, the reporter is waiting for a plane full of capercaillie. Animal researcher Lars brings the gallinules from Sweden every year to resettle them in Lower Lusatia. Anna is right in the middle of it all, helping to unload and release the capercaillie into the wild. Finally, she encounters a capercaillie and hears its famous mating song.

Episode 52

Keine Angst vor Spinnen

Episode 53

Warum buddelt der Maulwurf?

Episode 54

Wie schwer ist der Ameisenbär?

Episode 55

Wo turtelt der Hyazinth-Ara?

Episode 56

Das Geheimnis der Blattschneideameise

24 mins

Anyone looking for order, discipline, and diligence in the animal kingdom should take a closer look at the leafcutter ant colony. Anna does just that in today's episode, visiting an entire city in Brazil with biologist Lydia, where these industrious insects live.

Episode 57

Wer hat Angst vor dem Brillenkaiman?,

Episode 58

Warum bellt das Wasserschwein?

Episode 59

Wo steckt der Riesenotter?

Episode 60

Die verrückte Welt der Mangroven

Episode 61

Die Raubkatzen von Brasilien

Episode 62

Schlaf gut, kleine Haselmaus

Episode 63

Willkommen in der Gürteltierwel

Episode 64

Vom Elch geknutscht

24 mins

Anna sets off on a date with the largest deer in Europe, the moose. In Jörg's moose enclosure, she meets Norbert, a tame, nine-year-old bull moose. Anna can not only pet Norbert, she can even sit on him. And then Norbert even gives Anna a wet kiss on the cheek. Now Anna also knows what it feels like to be kissed by a moose. Norbert is so trusting because he came to Jörg as a three-month-old orphan from a breeding station in Sweden. Jörg raised him with a bottle and Norbert has become very tame. You couldn't get that close to a wild moose. Although moose are loners and can manage quite well on their own, Norbert has company. Jörg has brought three more young moose from Sweden: two females and the little bull Willfried. Anna can think of names for the two female moose.

Episode 65

Knochen für den Bartgeier

24 mins

Anna wants to learn more about Europe's largest bird of prey and visits Hans at the Haringsee Owl and Bird of Prey Station in Austria. Here, Hans raises young bearded vultures so they can be released back into the wild.

Episode 66

Boxen mit dem Känguru

Episode 67

Warum der Wombat Würfel kackt

Episode 68

Sammy, der coole Gleitbeutle

Episode 69

Der Teufel mit den roten Ohren

Episode 70

Mit dem Hai unter Wasser,

24 mins

In Australia, animal reporter Anna goes diving to find out more about the largest predatory fish on Earth. She is impressed by its elegance.

Episode 71

Der Emu legt nur grüne Eier,

Episode 72

Voll süß Koala

Episode 73

Rettung auf dem Feld,

Episode 74

Wer lebt im Garten?

Episode 75

Wilde Tiere in der Stadt,

Episode 76

Die gigantischen Meeressaurier

22 mins

This time Anna is diving into the world of marine dinosaurs - giants that ruled the oceans millions of years ago. They were huge, had sharp teeth, scaly corneas and looked terrifying. Their closest relatives are still alive today, but who are they? Anna sets out to find them. With the dinosaur researcher Bernd, Anna builds a model of a Tylosaurus. It is twelve meters long. At the same time, she is looking for the modern-day relatives of these marine iguanas. The tail fin reminds Anna a lot of a shark. Is this predatory fish perhaps related to marine iguanas? But the four fins of the marine iguana look more like the flippers of a sea turtle. And with its shell, the sea turtle is pretty similar to a dinosaur anyway. Is it the animal we are looking for? But a look into its mouth - at its forked tongue - gives Anna another idea. The further Bernd and Anna build the model, the more the Tylosaurus takes shape. And Anna continues to research the relatives of the marine dinosaurs. In the end, she finds what she is looking for: the animal still looks similar to the Tylosaurus, but is much smaller.

Episode 77

Wie angelt man sich einen großen Panda

Episode 78

Der glitschige Riesensalamander

Episode 79

Honig für den Kragenbär

Episode 80

Wo versteckt sich der Rote Panda?

24 mins

Anna wants to learn more about the red panda, so she traveled to China. Because there are only a few animals left in the wild, she visited a research station in Chengdu.

Episode 81

Die Graugans und ihre Gössel

Episode 82

Im Kindergarten der Gämsen

24 mins

Anna is visiting an extraordinary kindergarten today, located high up in the mountains. Anyone wanting to play here needs to have a good head for heights and be extremely sure-footed. That's why only extraordinary young animals attend this kindergarten: chamois kids. For these acrobatic mountain dwellers, the steep, rocky slopes are a wonderful adventure playground.

Episode 83

Praktikum bei den Pinguinen

24 mins

Animal reporter Anna is stranded on the coast of southern Namibia. Here, she's keeping a close eye on a particularly amusing bird: the African penguin. Accompanying her is wildlife researcher Jessica, who has been monitoring the populations of the colonies for many years. Now Anna is helping her with her daily penguin tasks: feeding sick animals, counting molting penguins, weighing young chicks, and cleaning nesting boxes. Anna hadn't expected to find any penguins in Africa at all. But in the south of the continent, the sea is cold and teeming with schools of fish. Large colonies nest on the offshore islands. On land, the African penguins waddle around clumsily with their stubby wings sticking out, panting like dogs and snapping at each other. But in the water, they are transformed: there, they reveal themselves to be well-camouflaged, incredibly agile swimmers. They dive, hunt for fish, and dart out of the water - always on guard against their enemies, such as fur seals or sharks. Anna hadn't expected to find any penguins in Africa. But the African penguins are threatened. Due to overfishing, they are finding less and less food for their young. Oil spills have also drastically reduced their population in recent decades.

Episode 84

Im Revier der Tiger

Episode 85

Hier stinkt's nach Takin

24 mins

Today Anna is meeting an animal she's never heard of before: the takin. It looks like a cross between a cow and a goat, or a wildebeest. Takins are indeed among the most unknown hoofed animals in the world, even in their native China. Anna is traveling there to see the animals in the wild. Beforehand, at Hellabrunn Zoo, zookeeper Niels tells her many fascinating things about the takin herd he cares for. No one is allowed into the enclosure with the animals, because takins are truly dangerous. But there is a training station where Niels lures the female takin, Franzi, to. This allows Anna to get a close look at the animal. And in the end, she also learns why takins smell so bad. In China, Anna goes with ranger Feda in Tang Jia He National Park to search for wild takins. Anna is already wondering if they'll ever see them again. But Feda knows a trick he can use to attract the animals. Will it work this time?

Episode 86

Wenn Feldhamster umziehen

Episode 87

Wie lacht die Lachmöwe?

Episode 88

Ist der Marderhund ein Hund?

Episode 89

Tierfreundschaften

Episode 90

Nachwuchs bei den Großen Hufeisennasen

Episode 91

Die goldenen Eier des Nandu

24 mins

Anna meets the world's third-largest ratite, the rhea. However, she doesn't encounter it in its native South America, but in the heart of Germany, in the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Frank, who has been studying these large ratites for many years, takes Anna on a rhea safari. At Schaalsee, however, Anna can only observe the wild rheas from a distance. So she visits Andreas, who breeds rheas.

Episode 92

Es müffelt nach Mufflon

Episode 93

Wann stinkt's dem Stinktier?

Episode 94

Das Rasseln der Klapperschlange

Episode 95

Wie sprechen die Wale?

Episode 96

SOS bei den See-Elefanten

Episode 97

Auf den Spuren der Dinosaurier

Episode 98

Wie heult der Kojote?

Episode 99

99. Hundert kleine Moorfrösche

Episode 100

100. Umzug der wuseligen Waldameisen

Episode 101

Die Ziesel ziehen um

Episode 102

102. Nutrias in der Nachbarschaft

Episode 103

103. Operation Nashorn

Episode 104

104. Im Wald der Buschbabys

Episode 105

Futter für die Wintervögel

Episode 106

106. Rambazamba bei den Weißkehlmeerkatzen

Episode 107

Schwimmkurs für die Fischotter

Episode 108

108. Juhu, Nachwuchs beim Uhu!

Episode 109

109. Wo ist die Bayerische Kurzohrmaus?

24 mins

Anna sets off with mouse researcher David in search of the Bavarian short-eared vole. Few people have ever seen this small mammal, as the cute vole usually hides underground. Equipped with camera traps and live traps, however, the quest might just succeed. At the Alpine Zoo in Innsbruck, Anna then visits the reserve population of the Bavarian short-eared vole. A small breeding group there is intended to ensure the survival of the species.

Episode 110

110. Sind Blutegel eklig?

Episode 111

Zehn Fragen an Anna

Episode 112

Kuscheln mit der Honigbiene

Episode 113

Freie Bahn für den Rotmilan

24 mins

Thanks to the work of many dedicated researchers, the red kite is once again better protected in Germany. And because half of all red kites worldwide breed here, we in Germany bear a particularly heavy responsibility for the conservation of this magnificent bird of prey. Anna is following two nature conservation projects that use state-of-the-art technology to ensure that the red kite continues to thrive here.