The animals
Native and exotic.
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The Piauí Zoobotanical Park, the «Bioparque», is a wildlife and plant protection area in north-east Teresina covering 127 hectares between the Poti River, the main tributary of the Parnaíba, and the PI-112 highway. It is Brazil's third-largest urban park and the largest in the north-east, run by a public-private partnership with the state environment department. The park works as a zoo, with reptiles, birds and native and exotic mammals, and has leisure areas for family outings and nature trails for walking and running. Its vegetation is semi-deciduous seasonal forest with riverside woodland along the Poti and its streams, a sample of the transition between the Amazon, caatinga and cerrado biomes. It suits half a day with the family; go in the morning before the heat builds, when the animals are active, and check opening times and admission prices.
Native and exotic.
Among the trees.
Riverside forest.
Between the Poti River and the PI-112, north-east Teresina
127 hectares, Brazil's third-largest urban park.