I have a wildlife zoo

Having organized his thoughts, Fang Ye began to look for information and write the content for the tiger's educational exhibit panels.

First was to introduce the tiger, but unlike pairing a picture with a string of introductory captions as was standard for the red panda, this time he prepared a preemptive style. On the left, he placed a huge photo of a tiger's head, staring ferociously ahead with its mouth wide open, displaying its bloodied maw, making one feel its majestic and awe-inspiring presence right away.

The tiger is the most well-known ferocious beast among people!

People's feelings towards it are also complex, both afraid and in awe, as in the sayings "despotic governance is fiercer than a tiger" and "three men make a tiger", while also admiring and being fascinated by the tiger's strength and charm, with phrases like "the back of a tiger and waist of a bear" and "the vigor of a dragon and the fierceness of a tiger", which describe someone's robustness.

Of the one hundred and eight warriors in "Water Margin", how many can the average person recall? But mention Wu Song, and for sure one knows him, as the story of Wu Song fighting the tiger on Jingyang Ridge has kept his name alive for hundreds of years, with endless debates over whether a human can take on a tiger alone.

Hence, Fang Ye wished to use a fierce and majestic roaring tiger picture on the tiger's educational exhibit panel to awaken visitors' most direct and profound impressions of a tiger. Based on that, he would then introduce the tiger's abilities. Visitors might not be interested in other exhibit panels, but they would certainly be curious about just how powerful the tiger is and why it's revered.

This panel would be placed right in the middle of the glass curtain wall.

"The tiger is the largest and most awe-inspiring of the big cat species, they are powerful predators with extraordinary fierceness and agility."

After a brief introduction, on the right side, he put up some smaller pictures of various parts of the tiger, each with a caption. For example, the long white whiskers: "In the nearly complete darkness beneath the thick trees and shrubs at night, the long whiskers help the tiger to navigate and sense the width of objects. If the width of the whiskers can pass, so can the tiger."

The round pupils: "Unlike small cats whose pupils contract to vertical slits, the tiger's pupils are always round. They dilate at night to provide excellent nocturnal vision and contract to small circles in bright light. A tiger's night vision is six times better than a human's."

Sharp claws: The tiger can retract its claws freely. When walking or running, the claws retract into bony sheaths to prevent wear and tear. To avoid piercing their pads, tigers often exhibit claw-sharpening behaviors.

The stripes on a tiger's body, the white spot on its ears, its four blade-like canine teeth, its long tail...

After browsing the introductions to its abilities, visitors would admire the strength and marvel of the tiger as a species, and intrigued, they might be more inclined to delve deeper into other educational content.

Of course, the rest of the educational exhibit panels naturally included habitat, distribution and population, and the different tiger subspecies.

Fang Ye planned to make a tiger distribution map to display next to it, using different colors to indicate the number and species of tigers distributed in various regions of the world, which would look more intuitive.

The long and deep cultural significance of the tiger is certainly worth introducing. Exhibit panels about tiger culture could be accompanied by relevant items, such as tiger head shoes and hats, allowing visitors to ponder the relationship between humans and tigers.

The most important panel would introduce the position of the tiger in the biosphere, the food it has, and as a top predator in the food chain, what contributions it has made in maintaining ecological balance, and what scenarios could unfold if tigers were absent.

In this way, visitors would understand that protecting tigers is not just about safeguarding the species itself but can lead to improvements in the entire regional ecological environment.

The last part naturally has to be a bit more solemn, an exhibit panel detailing the endangered status of tigers, the existential threats they face. When designing the exhibition hall, Fang Ye made sure to include a small screening room on the second floor, where documentaries about tigers could be shown.

Then add a glimmer of hope, a panel describing the measures humanity has taken to protect tigers.

Actually, the process of acquiring new knowledge can be pleasing, seeing the boundaries of the world expand bit by bit, though acquiring knowledge might seem dull and boring.

So one must consider how to present knowledge in a more attractive way.

Checking over the materials and drafting a science exhibit panel, Fang Ye suddenly felt a bout of sentimentality and couldn't help but think of the adorable Ice Cake. He stood up, "Let's go see Ice Cake!"

In the nursery, Lin Ying was still caring for Ice Cake.

She was playing a game with Ice Cake, swinging a cat teaser in front of him, while Ice Cake's blue eyes kept following the feather tied to the wand, his head turning left and right. Suddenly, with a soft pounce, he caught the feather, but as Lin Ying pulled the wand away, the feather slipped out of his paws.

"The director is here to see Ice Cake~" Lin Ying said with a giggly wave.

"Yes!" Fang Ye felt a fatherly sentimentality when he saw this scene.

When Ice Cake first arrived at the zoo, he was just a pitiable, weak, and helpless cub, lying in a wooden box and constantly crying for milk.

Under the meticulous care of the animal keepers, he had grown robustly over the month. His eyes went from a blur to shining brightly, his ears became sharp enough to hear sounds clearly, from feeble crawling to staggering walking, and now he could even make little jumps.

As Fang Ye washed his hands, he inquired, "What was Ice Cake's body length and weight when measured today?"

"Body length 67cm, weight 3640g!"

Fang Ye clearly remembered that when Ice Cake first arrived, he was 47cm in length and weighed only 1300g. He had almost tripled in size.

Ice Cake had noticed Fang Ye's arrival too, and he called out in a milky voice, "Wa, wa, wa," walking towards him, his voice filled with joy and coquettishness.

Fang Ye bent down, gently picked up Ice Cake, and kissed him twice on the forehead. He affectionately rubbed his face against Ice Cake's soft belly and said, "Aiya, Ice Cake, you're growing up so fast, already a young tiger!"

Lin Ying teased, "You have no idea, director. Ice Cake is so clingy now. He must have someone with him to sleep at night. Otherwise, he cries loudly and refuses to sleep. He's also wickedly smart. I thought I could wait until he fell asleep before going back to my bed, but he would wake up, notice no one was there, and start calling again.

I'm really getting a taste of what it's like to raise a child."

Fang Ye couldn't help but chuckle and twiddled with Ice Cake's whiskers, "Such a big tiger still needs someone to sleep with. Aren't you ashamed?"

Logically, when he was younger, giving him a plushie to hold would have sufficed, and he should have been sleeping soundly. Now that he's older, he ought to be more independent, but instead, he's become clingier?

"Wa, wa." Ice Cake looked at Fang Ye with righteous indignation. What's the problem? I'm still drinking milk here, still a baby that needs mama to sleep with. Stay tuned for updates on m-v l|e'm,p y r

After a moment's thought, Fang Ye turned to Lin Ying and pondered, "You've worked hard. Tonight, I'll stay up for the night watch. You get some rest."

Lin Ying raised an eyebrow, "Hmm, if you want to sleep with Ice Cake, just say so! I'm not tired at all."

Busted!