Series · 2011 · Documentary
In new six-part series Untamed China, wildlife adventurer Nigel Marven explores the country's mountains and grasslands, crosses its greatest deserts and treks through its deepest jungles in search of the rare, little-known and extraordinary creatures that live there. Over half of China's plant and animal species live in Yunnan Province in the far southwest of the country. In episode one, Nigel goes there to explore the ancient city of Dali and the surrounding mountains and forests. He meets some bizarre and deadly reptiles and amphibians, goes on a very unusual fishing trip, enjoys the fairy-tale lifecycle of butterflies and gets up close to highly endangered Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys.
1 season · 6 episodes

Episode 01
Kingdom of Animals
Nigel Marven explores the country's wildlife, beginning in Yunnan province, where he finds its endangered snubbed-nose monkeys, and goes on an unusual fishing trip.

Episode 02
Deserts of the North
Nigel explores three of the country's deserts, where he encounters gekkos, sand-swimming snakes and Bactrian camels. He also searches for a Xinjiang Ground-jay.

Episode 03
Land of Giants
Nigel explores the jungles of southern China, where he finds white-cheeked gibbon, rare Asian elephants, pythons, enormous rats, and the world's largest species of moth.

Episode 04
Heavenly Mountains
Nigel visits the Sichuan Mountains where he sees blue sheep and yak. Plus, he searches the bamboo forests for unique breeds of frogs.

Episode 05
Grasslands of Mongolia
Nigel visits the far north of China, where he explores the grass for micro mammals and Mongolia's deadliest snake, and he also hopes to spot a demoiselle crane.

Episode 06
Tibet's High Plateau
Nigel visits the Tibetan plateau where he sees shaggy yak, high flying bar-headed geese, kiang, Tibetan foxes, pocket-sized pica hares and antelope.
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In new six-part series Untamed China, wildlife adventurer Nigel Marven explores the country's mountains and grasslands, crosses its greatest deserts and treks through its deepest jungles in search of the rare, little-known and extraordinary creatures that live there. Over half of China's plant and animal species live in Yunnan Province in the far southwest of the country. In episode one, Nigel goes there to explore the ancient city of Dali and the surrounding mountains and forests. He meets some bizarre and deadly reptiles and amphibians, goes on a very unusual fishing trip, enjoys the fairy-tale lifecycle of butterflies and gets up close to highly endangered Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys.
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Untamed China is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The documentary from Nigel Marven has 1 season and 6 total episodes, rated 9.5/10 by 1 viewers.
Untamed China has 1 season with 6 episodes in total.
Untamed China has ended and is no longer in production.
Untamed China airs on Animal Planet, CITVC China.
Untamed China first aired on February 28, 2011.
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