About Exploring the Jungle of Lost Cities & Rare Wildlife | Nigel Marven's Wild Central America
Central America accounts for only 0.1 percent of the Earth's surface. But as part of the Mesoamerican hotspot, the tiny subcontinent boasts 7 percent of the world's biodiversity. With over 100 frog species, 700 types of birds, over 200 mammals and hundreds of reptiles, Honduras is one of the most species rich countries in Central America. Nigel Marven uncovers much of this incredible exotic abundance as he journeys through this spectacular country. Nigel visits Mosquitia, Central America's equivalent to the Amazon rainforest, with President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez. They explore the extraordinary White City that was lost for centuries and meet the wildlife in the president's own back garden, like the endemic emerald hummingbird. Utila is part of the Meso-American reef, the second longest barrier reef in the world. We dive its spectacular corals with shoals of blue tang, Atlantic spadefish and hawksbill turtles. On land, the presenter crawls through thick mud to find “swamper” iguanas; there's only a few hundred left. In Rio Santiago nature resort we meet a margay and see this beautiful cat climbing down trees
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