Wolpertinger - Dahu - Raurakel

Have a look at the following pictures of Wolpertingers and try to identify which elements were taken from which (real) animal. What animal parts will you choose to create your own mythical creature?

Heidi

"Heidi" is a children's book about the events in the life of a girl who comes to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. You can find an illustrated version of the book here.

Mountain Rescue Dogs

Dog breeds such as St Bernards are famously used as mountain rescue dogs, for example in the case of avalanches.

Click here to watch the story of Barry, Switzerland's most famous rescue dog. Can you find other stories of dogs saving humans in the mountains?

Ötzi

Have you heard of Ötzi?

Probably the most famous European mummy, Ötzi was found in the Tyrolean Alps, where he died about 5250 years ago. He was preserved (essentially freeze-dried) by the glacial ice for centuries and was found in 1991 by a pair of hikers. Because he was so well-preserved, scientists were able to get a lot of information from his remains – about his age, his height, the clothes he wore, the tools he used and the food he ate.

Today, you can visit him in the South Tyrolean Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano.

_{Ötzi - a reconstruction of what the Tyrolean Iceman might have looked like}

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