The Most Extreme
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The Most Extreme is a long-running documentary TV series on the American cable television network, Animal Planet. It first aired on July 1, 2002. Each episode focuses on a specific animal feat, such as strength, speed, flirtation, appendages, etc., and examines 10 animals which portray extreme or unusual examples of that quality. Along with each animal on the countdown, the program also presents a computer graphics segment which compares the animal's ability with something equivalent in humans, and then there is an interview segment of some type with people who share some common trait. For example, on the "Super Sharks" episode, the #1 animal was the Hammerhead shark, for its extreme senses of vision and smell, along with its ability to sense voltages as small as a half-billionth of a volt. This was then compared with a team of human hackers, who were war-driving around a neighborhood and looking for faint wireless signals. Old, often public domain cartoon and movie clips and trailers are also often included.
The series is made in New Zealand by a small production team at NHNZ. As of 2006, there have been 65 episodes.
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[edit] Season 1
Jumpers (No 1: Flea) (jumps over 200 times it's own bodylength)
Speed (No 1: Tiger Beetle)
Gluttons (No 1: Caterpillar)
Survivors (No 1: Water Bear)
Births (No. 1: Tapeworm)
Cheats (No 1: Cuckoo) (switches babies to not worry about carring about it)
Horrors (No 1: Roundworm) (can be inside someone's body without notice)
Builders (No 1: Termite) (a human sized termite can make a building bigger than that of the empire state building with only dirt, dung and siliva)
Fighters (No. 1: Ant)
Smarts (No 1: Kea)
Strength (No 1: Rhinoceros Beetle)
Lovers (No 1: Red-back spider)
Biters (No 1: Cookie-Cutter Shark)
[edit] Season 2
Moms (No. 1: Sea Louse) (her babies kill her and eat her corpse)
Dads (No 1: Seahorse)
Predators (No 1: Shrew)
Stinkers (No 1: Skunk) (enough said)
Super Senses (No 1: Shark)
Swarms (No 1: Argentine Ant) (a colony has been recorded to strecth from spain to italy)
Venom (No 1: Box Jellyfish) (10min until death for people, drop of poison can kill 50 men)
Eaters (No. 1: Vulture)
Daredevils (No 1: Barnacle Goose)
Body Parts (No 1: Giraffe)
Disguises (No 1: Mimic Octopus)
Oddities (No 1: Anglerfish) (enough said)
Defenders (No 1: Killer Bee)
[edit] Season 3
Gross Outs (No. 1: Fly) (vomits to eat and can eat most things)
Home Designers (No.1: Termite)
Tough Babies (No. 1: Sand Tiger Shark)
Wild Parties (No.1: Red Crab)
Monster Myths (No.1: Wolf)
Killer Cats (No 1: House Cat)
Battle of the Sexes (No 1: Whiptail Lizard) (all males are extinct)
Troublemakers (No 1: Termite) (house destruction)
Big Mouths (No 1: Argentinan Wide-mouthed Frog) (50% of body length)
Odd Couples (No 1: Greenland Shark and Copepod)
Outrageous Flirts (No 1: Elephant)
Super Dogs (No 1: Chihuahua)
Killers (No. 1: Mosquito)
Poison (No. 1: Poison Dart Frog)
Super Sharks (No 1: Hammerhead Shark)
Bloodsuckers (No 1: Tick)
Athletes (No 1: Arctic Tern)
Deadly Snakes (No 1: King Cobra)
Global Conquerors (No 1: Cockroach)
Movers (No. 1: Scallop)
[edit] Season 4
Hissy Fits (No 1: Elephant)
Living Dead (No 1: Water Bear)
Divers (No 1: Sperm Whale)
Dieters (No 1: Tick)
Loud Mouths (No 1: Pistol Shrimp)
Appendages (No 1: Anglerfish)
City Slickers (No 1: Macaque)
Transformers (No. 1:Flatworm)
Workaholics (No 1: Honey Bee)
Slime Balls (No 1: Banana Slug)
Myths (No 1: Lemming)
Gourmets (No.1: Honey Bee)
Diggers (No 1: Termite)
Weird Weapons (No. 1 Electric Eel)
Cleaners (No.1: Japanese Macaque)
Pirates (No.1: Amazon Ant)
Gardeners (No.1: Lemon Ant)
Freeloaders (No. 1: Tapeworm)
Awesome Ancestors (No 1: Megatherium (Giant Ground Sloth))
Fashion Disasters (No 1: Deer)
The Most Extreme: Best of the Best counts down the top 20 most popular episodes of The Most Extreme.
[edit] External links
- Episode guide at tv.com
