Montreal Biodome
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The Montréal Biodome is a facility showing off the climate around the world. It is a zoo divided into four environment zones. All the exhibits are housed inside the Velodrome (cycling stadium) that was used for the 1976 Summer Olympics, with each of the four environments taking up a portion of the stadium.
The four environments are a tropical forest, a Laurentian forest, an estuary habitat modeled on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and an Antarctic area that houses penguins. The Laurentian forest follows the local seasons. Many animals can be found inside including the penguins, but also turtles, crocodiles, tons of birds like parrots and ducks, and various types of fishes including pyranas and tunas.
This is one of the city's most popular tourism attractions, along with the Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal Planetarium and the Montreal Insectarium.
The Biodome should not be confused with the Biosphère (http://biosphere.ec.gc.ca/), a Montreal museum about the St. Lawrence river located inside the geodesic dome that once housed the American pavillion for Expo 67. The Biodome is neither spherical nor a geodesic dome.
External link
- Biodome Website (English version) (http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/biodome/ebdm2.htm)
- The Biodome's Penguin-Cam (http://www.montrealcam.com/en-biodome.html)