In the lowlands

There are lush coastal rainforests teeming with life

But not indigenous life

None of the plants or animals you see here is actually native

Jackson's chameleons were brought from East Africa as exotic pets

The white-rumped shama from India

And the northern cardinal from North America

Were both introduced to supplement the native bird life

While the red-billed leiothrix was a cage bird imported from China

And the Japanese white-eye was imported in an attempt

To control insect pests

Before humans

Only one new species reached Hawaii every 35 000 years

Now up to 50 new species turn up every year

Invaders are everywhere

And some have had a significant impact

In an attempt to control introduced rats

Humans brought the Indian mongoose to Hawaii

Unfortunately

No one considered the fact that rats are nocturnal

While the mongoose hunts by day

So the hungry mongoose turned its attention

To decimating the island's unique bird life instead