Parque Zoobotânico de Teresina, Zoo and forest park in Teresina, Brazil.
Parque Zoobotânico de Teresina is a 127 hectare park that combines a zoo and forest reserve in one space. It holds roughly 400 animals including birds, reptiles, and mammals in enclosures designed to reflect their natural habitats.
The sources document no founding date for the park; they record only that it is a 127-hectare environmental protection area in northeastern Teresina, between the Poti River and the PI-112, managed under a public-private partnership between the Bioparque Piauí Consortium and the state environment secretariat SEMAR. Between March and June 1999, researchers from UESPI, UFPI and other institutions collected specimens there to expand knowledge of the state's myxobiota.
The park teaches visitors about local ecosystems and shows how the Amazon, Cerrado, and Caatinga biomes meet and blend together. This educational role makes it a place where people learn to understand the nature of Brazil's northeast.
The park sits between the Poti River and the PI-112 highway, making it easy to reach. Multiple trails wind through the wooded areas, letting visitors set their own pace and find shade along shaded pathways.
The park displays different forest types including seasonal semideciduous woods and riparian forests that reflect the region's ecological range. This mix of vegetation types in one location is uncommon and gives visitors an unusual view of how varied the landscape can be.
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