Not without reason has this exhibition become a major attraction at the museum. Young and old alike may be found here intensely concentrated on having fun, while exercising their minds, as they press the right buttons in order to answer the questions about the animal and plant objects on display.

Learning by trial and error is the principle. After initial deliberation, it soon becomes clear which animals have skeletons, which run the fastest, which leaf belongs to which tree, etc. For most games a score point evaluation is provided. Not only children, but even adults, frequently play a number of rounds on a terminal until they achieve the maximum score.

Especially popular among the diverse quiz games, picture- and sound-programs are four big showcases with 20 animals each representing the four native habitats of “Forests”, “Mountains”, “Lakes and Rivers” and “Fields and Meadows”. At four work stations you can try to identify the exhibited animals according to certain characteristics. Even without special previous knowledge, you can collect a number of points just by carefully observing. But it has also been noticed that trained zoologists became quite excited as they tried to earn the maximum score of 100 points.

In these showcases visitors (mainly children) also have the chance of being introduced through audio-visual programs into the plant world within these habitats by the hobgoblin “Pumuckl” and his “Master Eder”. Ellis Kaut, Pumuckl’s mother so to speak, wrote four radio plays (“Master Eder and his Pumuckl take a walk in the woods”, etc.) especially for the Museum of Man and Nature. The famous actors Hans Clarin and Gustl Bayerhammer, the original voices for the two characters, also kindly cooperated with the museum for this project.

In addition to the play- and other programs in this exhibition, there are many interesting things to observe - from micro organisms under the microscope or magnifying glass to Japanese giant crabs and the last Bavarian bear.