The big five are woodpecker seal, grey seal, guinea pig, sea eagle, sturgeon.
Until a few decades ago, many large animals in Europe were hunted intensely, some species have even been extinct. In the Wadden Sea, seal and porpoise have survived to this day. Grey seal and sea eagle were extinct, but wandered from other regions again. Only sturgeon is extinct with us today.
Woodpecker seal
... act on land quite awkward. In the water, however, with their feet transformed into "fins" and their "Underwater lenses" are perfect for fishing, and seals can remain underwater for up to 30 minutes.
Greyseal
... are the largest predators in Germany. Typically, the tapered head is in the animals.
Porpoises
... are among the smallest whales in the world. And even more perfectly as the seals adapted to marine life. They're not easy to look at.
Sea Eagle
... very impressive in the great outdoors. The mighty bird of prey breeds only a few years back on the North Sea coast. Here he mainly uses geese, gulls and other birds as a food source.
Sturgeon
... is dead out with us. He was the oldest of the fish in the Wadden Sea, as a species about 200 million years old, a living fossil.