They form the most successful animal phylum of our earth, with the biggest diversity, one millions year old history and a huge number of biological specialities - the arthropods.

The inhabitants of the arthropods zoo are of full surprises, specific features and unique impressions - this makes the visit of this new zoo area so suspenseful and interesting.

For example inhabitants like the changing sheets are masters in being deceptive and camouflaging, other as for example arrow tail cancers already live for more than 400 million years on our planet. Some as for example praying mantes are famous for their rough live concerning love; mostly the males lose their head. About 80% of all known and today to living animal species belong to the arthropods. Hence, they form the most successful animal phylum of our earth with the biggest diversity. Almost all living spaces of our planet are full of arthropods, dry deserts or dark caves, just as the depths of the sea and tropical rain forests.

Arthropods are also incredibly important for the life of other animals. On the one hand arthropods provide a basis for many animals daily food and on the other hand they are parasites. In the arthropods zoo you can observe about more than 50 different kinds of arthropods which live in close to nature formed terrariums and are inhabited by beetles, frights, centipedes, spiders, crabs and some more. Through enlarged copied models of arthropods and big information boards the visitors get informed about the interesting life of these animals.

Especially for pupils and teachers it's a perfect place. Important subjects from the biology lessons as for example metamorphosis, Mimesis, mimicry, different reproductive forms, special adaptations to living spaces and some more can be experienced and observed just "live" in the arthropods zoo. If one looks from a distance of 20 cm directly at a strolling sheet and this not yet as animals recognise, then it becomes clear what means Mimesis (imitation to the camouflage).