A zoo and a manuscript museum planned a joint exhibition about how people observe animals. Curator Tara Wynn reviewed every panel in question（所涉及的）/ɪn ˈkwestʃən/ because early drafts mixed field notes, rescue records, and symbolic（象征的）/sɪm'bɒlɪk/ pictures. In light of（鉴于）/ɪn laɪt əv/ that problem, she organised the route by evidence type rather than（而不是）/ˈrɑːðə ðæn/ by visual resemblance. Visitors would see what an animal was, what it did, and what an older image claimed.
The mammal court began with observable anatomy. A stag（牡鹿）/stæg/ carried an antler（鹿角）/'æntlə/; a hare（野兔）/heə/ and badger（獾）/'bædʒə/ occupied separate habitats. A mole（鼹鼠）/məʊl/ could burrow（探索）/'bʌrəʊ/ near a squirrel（松鼠）/'skwɪr(ə)l/’s den（贼窝）/den/. Canine（犬的）/'keɪnaɪn; 'kæ-/ displays distinguished a greyhound（灰狗（一种猎犬））/'ɡreihaund/, spaniel（西班牙猎犬）/'spænj(ə)l/, puppy（小狗）/'pʌpɪ/, and docile（温顺的）/'dəʊsaɪl/ shelter dog; staff used rabid（激烈的）/'ræbɪd; 'reɪ-/ only when diagnosis supported that warning. An adoption（采用）/ə'dɒpʃ(ə)n/ notice described a kitten（小猫）/'kɪt(ə)n/ with one white whisker（[晶体] 晶须）/'wɪskə/. Across the court, leopard（豹）/'lepəd/ and panther（豹）/'pænθə/ labels explained overlapping common names, while a lioness（母狮子）/'laɪənɛs/ represented a different species. Keepers recorded when animals gallop（疾驰）/'gæləp/, trot（（人）慢跑）/trɒt/, nibble（细咬）/'nɪb(ə)l/, wriggle（蠕动）/'rɪg(ə)l/, or squirm（蠕动）/skwɜːm/ instead of treating movement as personality.
Bird panels used the same discipline. A lark（云雀）/lɑːk/, sparrow（麻雀）/'spærəʊ/, peacock（孔雀）/'piːkɒk/, swan（天鹅）/swɒn/, duckling（小鸭子）/'dʌklɪŋ/, and vulture（秃鹰）/'vʌltʃə/ differed in habitat and feeding. One camera showed a vulture swoop（猛扑）/swuːp/; another recorded a swan wade（跋涉）/weɪd/ through shallow water. A roost（栖木）/ruːst/ named a resting place, not a bird. The guide asked readers to account for（解释）/əˈkaʊnt fɔː/ season and distance before identifying a silhouette. Dark plumage alone supplied no reason to（没有理由做）/nəʊ ˈriːzən tuː/ label every wing infamous（声名狼藉的）/'ɪnfəməs/.
Small creatures required close photographs. A ladybird（瓢虫）/'ledɪbɝd/, grasshopper（蚱蜢）/'grɑːshɒpə/, locust（[植保] 蝗虫）/'ləʊkəst/, dragonfly（[昆] 蜻蜓）/'dræg(ə)nflaɪ/, hornet（[昆] 大黄蜂）/'hɔːnɪt/, and wasp（黄蜂）/wɒsp/ appeared at natural scale beside enlargements. A slug（鼻涕虫）/slʌg/ could slither（蜿蜒地滑行）/'slɪðə/ below a leaf, and a tortoise（龟）/'tɔːtəs; -tɒɪz/ moved through another enclosure. Cobweb（蜘蛛网）/'kɒbweb/ damage on one manuscript was evidence of storage conditions, not part of its painted scene. Vermin（害虫）/'vɜːmɪn/ was an evaluative category rather than a species. A rodent（啮齿类的）/'rəʊd(ə)nt/ health diagram showed a tapeworm（[基医] 绦虫）/'teɪpwɜːm/, while rescue notes recorded when staff would inoculate（[医] 接种）/ɪ'nɒkjʊleɪt/ a vulnerable animal against infection.
Historical images formed the final comparison. A mammoth（长毛象）/'mæməθ/ was extinct but real; a unicorn（独角兽）/'juːnɪkɔːn/ was legendary. In one page, a peacock served as an emblem（象征）/'embləm/, a lion seemed to epitomise（象征）/ɪ'pɪtəmaɪz/ courage, and a vulture could symbolise（象征）/'sɪmbəlaɪz/ greed. Such pictures were symbolic rather than anatomical. A graphic（形象的）/'græfɪk/ battle scene used animal posture to visualize（形象）/'vizjuəlaiz/ human conflict. Neither a phenomenal（现象的）/fɪ'nɒmɪn(ə)l/ drawing nor an indicative（象征的）/ɪn'dɪkətɪv/ colour proved that the artist had observed a living specimen. Even painted dung（施粪肥于）/dʌŋ/ could carry a comic purpose. Tara told the design team, 女“An image can teach us what people imagined without becoming proof of what existed.”
On that basis（据此）/ɒn ðæt ˈbeɪsɪs/, Tara gave each panel a visible source label: observation, veterinary record, historical text, or interpretation. Editors revised the guide in accordance with（按照）/ɪn əˈkɔːdəns wɪð/ those categories. Their public instruction read: make the data available（公开提供数据）/meɪk ðə ˈdeɪtə əˈveɪləbəl/ together with image references. At this stage（现阶段）/æt ðɪs steɪdʒ/, children could compare evidence without being asked to distrust every old picture. Beyond that（除此之外）/bɪˈjɒnd ðæt/, the exhibition invited discussion about changing attitudes to animals while keeping factual claims testable.