But today we’ve got to be designing exhibits that actually put whatever species you’re showing into some sort of visual and biological context. So exhibits need to be be because we’re also trying to tell people, not just, you know, this animal weighs, you know, 300 pounds and you know, lives for 20 years. We are trying to tell people, yeah sure, it’s, it’s an interesting animal, but actually it’s part of a jigsaw puzzle of environmental factors, bits that fit together within, you know, with, within a particular habitat or environment that this animal is a key player in. And so what you’re trying to do in the design of exhibits now is, is create a visual feel where the audience are getting some understanding of how and where that animal lives. And also quite importantly, is giving that audience a sense of comfort with that exhibit. So, because obviously today, when, when the animal rights people are absolutely correct is we’re still seeing too many exhibits, too many zoo exhibits, which actually don’t tell that audience anything other than the fact that we are containing that animal behind wire and concrete. It’s not, it’s, it’s not, it’s not a visual experience which the, the onlooker can actually get very much idea about what that animal, its environment looks like. So the prime, the prime thing is to try and create an exhibit which not only is good for the animal in, in, in, in many different ways, but is also good for the observer in terms of understanding that animal and its, and its biological context.
