Corcovado National Park, located on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula, is truly a wonder of nature.  The park possesses some 2.5% of the total biological diversity of the planet.  It is home to a small population of jaguars, America’s largest big cat and an animal that is in grave danger of becoming completely extinct.  It is estimated that only around 50 jaguars remain in the park.  One of their principal sources of food, the chancho de monte, that has been on the endangered list itself, is now making a comeback.  This is good news for the jaguars.  Hopefully the resurgence in the population of this popular meal for the felines will help their species also recuperate a bit.  Another amazing fact is that the park contains 36% of the venomous snakes found in Costa Rica.  Eight of the twenty-two total venomous snakes of Costa Rive live in Corcovado (there are 137 species of snakes in total in Costa Rica, but 115 of those are not venomous).  These include three species of coral snakes, the sea snake as well as the dreaded terciopelo (the deadliest snake in Costa Rica and one of the most prolific).  In total the park is home to some 140 species of mammals and 6,000 insects.  For those of you that are not afraid of the snakes, or jaguars, or insects (among other things), you can contact me at Package Costa Rica if interested in a tour of Corcovado National Park.