Katrin und die Welt der Tiere (Katrin and the World of Animals) is a German educational children's television series about animals that aired from 2009 to 2010 on Super RTL.
Katrin (Helene Luise Doppler) is a 12-year-old girl living with her mother Birgit (Pamela Knaack). In most episodes of the show, an everyday problem leads Katrin to ask herself a particular question about an animal species, whereupon she goes visit her maternal uncle Andreas (Armin Marewski), a zookeeper, at his workplace. Among answering her specific question, he tells her interesting trivia about the animal of the day, and Katrin, whoâÂÂunbeknownst to everyone elseâÂÂis capable of understanding and talking to animals, frequently uses these opportunities to secretly chat with the specimens Andreas shows her. Back home, Katrin prints out a photo of the animal that she had taken at the zoo and hangs it on the giant world map corkboard in her bedroom, its spot corresponding to the animal's natural habitat, while summarizing what she had learned. The episodes end with Katrin using her new knowledge to solve her problem or deal with the situation.
Whenever Katrin asks herself the question of the day and summarizes her knowledge at the end of the episode, she talks to the viewer.
Each episode is interrupted by two short films showing the animal in the wild (unless the episode is about a domesticated species), with Katrin or Andreas telling additional trivia in a voiceover; these films are often preceded by a short comedic cartoon animation.