There are still plenty of exhibition boards to see!
Some talk about the cultural significance of tigers, with exhibits of tiger head shoes and tiger-themed New Year paintings displayed on the adjacent booth.
Others discuss why the number of tigers has become so low, detailing the survival crises they face.
There are also boards about the work humans have done to protect tigers. There's even a special one dedicated to tiger cub rearing featuring a series of adorable photos of Ice Cake's growth process and a description of how animal keepers care for it daily.
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Wang Jinxuan felt somewhat better when she saw this board.
Not just because the little tiger cub was cute, but because there was a group of people concerned and striving for the continuation of these animals' species, which made her feel that there was still hope for the future of humanity.
As Wang Jinxuan wandered through the exhibition, she unintentionally completed a full circuit before she knew it.
She even reached a staircase, where a sign indicated that a documentary about tigers was being shown on the second floor. She subconsciously wanted to go up and check it out.
However, having taken just a step, she suddenly remembered that she had come with her boyfriend!
Wang Jinxuan chuckled to herself, "How could I forget about my boyfriend? I wonder if he's still playing?"
So she went off to look for Yuan Yu by the Tiger Paw arcade machine.
At this moment, Yuan Yu had a serious and suppressed expression on his face as a round of the game was nearing its end.
At first, it was just two forest tiles turning into orchards.
But as the dice continued to roll and time passed, more and more tiles underwent change.
A factory spewing black smoke was erected, the once vibrant green of the surrounding forest tiles turned into a withering black, and pollution spread outward each turn, even turning the nearby water tiles into murky yellow. After drinking from there, the tiger Yuan Yu was controlling suffered an upset stomach, its health declined, and it weakly rested for a turn.
Although six turns later, the heavily polluting factory was reported, taken seriously, and shut down, the surrounding forest and water tiles remained polluted.
Destruction occurs in an instant, but ecological restoration takes a far longer time!
Yuan Yu had played until now, with nearly one-third of the map's grid overtaken by human habitation. The remaining forest wasn't all healthy, with one-third affected by destruction and pollution.
The grids of human habitation weren't neatly connected together, but were scattered here and there, partitioning the forest into small fragments.
What troubled him most were the highway squares.
Crossing the highway to the other side, he could easily get hit by speeding vehicles, but if he chose not to cross, instead of moving clockwise around the grid, he was now startlingly moving counterclockwise!
After a few rounds, another highway square popped up on the map. Now the tiger was like being clamped in the middle, risking a huge danger to life crossing it, or just endlessly hopping back and forth between the two highway squares.
And a prompt appeared at the bottom of the screen, indicating that to find a mate and reproduce, he must keep moving forward, or else he would have no chance to encounter other tigers.
Wang Jinxuan watched him play and suddenly said, "Isn't this habitat fragmentation?"
Yuan Yu then noticed his girlfriend had arrived, turned around, and sighed, "Wait a moment, I probably won't last much longer. By the way, what did you just say about habitat fragmentation?"
Wang Jinxuan explained, "I just saw a display board over there that introduced the threats faced by tigers, mainly including habitat loss and fragmentation. Because of the impact of many human activities, the animals' extensive and continuous habitats have been divided into small patches.
Highways not only kill animals directly but may also restrict tigers to a limited area, preventing them from meeting others and finding mates. If they can't reproduce or if they resort to inbreeding generation after generation, their genetic quality will deteriorate, eventually leading to extinction."
Standing before the highway grid, Yuan Yu took a deep breath and decided to take a risk.
If he didn't move forward, he might never have the chance to reproduce.
Stroking the soft Tiger Paw, he gently pressed down.
On the screen, the tiger looked left and right for cars, seized the opportunity, and dashed across the wide road at high speed.
However, a black shadow in the distance was rapidly approaching, and the piercing sound of a horn blasted, followed by a heavy "thump," as the screen began to spin wildly.
He had faced so many hardships and crises and hadn't been beaten yet, but still, he wasn't lucky enough to survive to the end.
The tiger, with its beautiful stripes, lay in a dazzling pool of bright red blood, its amber eyes becoming dull and lifeless. It looked weakly at Yuan Yu with a sorrowful expression, as if it wanted to say something, tears welling up from the corners of its eyes.
Then, its eyes closed forever.