International audienceMontreal's Biodôme can be used as a model of the new type of zoos that emerged in the<br />1980s. They reflect the changing relationships between Westerner urbanized societies and<br />Nature. Relationships between Men and Animals and the definition of nature are questioned<br />through the analysis of the Biodôme: first, the opposition between Nature and Culture appears<br />to be less and less relevant ; then, the city dwellers appear to be only seeking for direct<br />confrontation with an exotic and wild nature, without any of the hazards or tiredness that<br />supposes a real travel. It is a sweetened Nature that is showed and its “otherness” is locked in<br />a specific place in the city, so that Mankind and Natu...