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With 824,529 m 2 (82.45 hectares [203.7 acres]) of space in what was originally the Atlantic Forest, the zoo is south of the city of São Paulo. It displays more than 3,200 animals, 102 species of mammals, 216 species of birds, 95 species of reptiles, 15 species of amphibians and 16 species of invertebrates in enclosures that replicate the ...
In 2010, tourism in São Paulo reached a new record, receiving 11.7 million visitors. In 2012, there were 12.9 million tourists during the year, of which 10.8 million were domestic (Brazilian) and 2.1 million foreign, who spent R$10.2 billion in the city, according to the Ministry of Tourism.
The São Paulo Aquarium was inaugurated on July 6, 2006, when it had only one sector, with a total area of 3,000 m 2, where 25 tanks/aquariums were built that exhibited species of fish, reptiles and mammals that inhabit several ecosystems, such as the Amazon rainforest, the Pantanal and the Tietê River basin. [1] [3]
Bilhete Único (Unified Ticket) is the name of the São Paulo transportation contactless smart card system for fare control. [1]Using Philips Mifare technology, the ticketing system is managed by SPTrans (São Paulo Transporte S/A), the city bus transportation authority, which is controlled by the municipal government.
Since the early 1970s, an 1,800 acre (7 km 2) park in the San Pasqual Valley near San Diego has featured the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, run by the Zoological Society of San Diego. One of two state-supported zoo parks in North Carolina is the 2,000-acre (8.1 km 2) North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. [42]
Urban growth in São Paulo has followed three patterns since the beginning of the 20th century, according to urban historians: since the late 19th century and until the 1940s, São Paulo was a condensed city in which different social groups lived in a small urban zone separated by type of housing; from the 1940s to the 1980s, São Paulo ...
The zoo housed Henry, a 10-year-old blind California sea lion who was found stranded on a beach in Humboldt County in 2010. In 2012, he was brought to the San Francisco Zoo, he was treated by veterinarians for his blindness.
In 2012 the organization partnered with the Autonomous University of Baja California's school of veterinary medicine to aid the California Condor Recovery Program in Mexico. [9] The San Diego Zoo Academy, an internet-based training program for animal care staff worldwide, was launched that year. [ 9 ]