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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, diet, 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.

1 Season 1
2 Season 2
3 Season 3
4 Season 4
5 Specials
6 External links

[edit] Season 1

Jumpers (No 1: Flea) It can jump 200 times its length, 120 times its height.

(No 2: Frog) Some species can jump 50 times their own length.
(No 3: Jumping spider) It can jump over 30 times its own height.
(No 4: Klipspringer)
(No 5: Kangaroo Rat)
(No 6: Kangaroo)
(No 7: Locust)
(No 8: Bharal)
(No 9: Mexican jumping bean)
(No 10: Hare)

Speed (No 1: Tiger Beetle) If it were as large as a human, it could run at 309 mph.

(No 2: Peregrine Falcon) It can dive at 200 mph (322 kph).
(No 3: Cheetah) It is the fastest land animal reaching speeds of 60 mph (96 kph).
(No 4: Cone Snail) It is the fastest killer in the world.
(No 5: Mako Shark) It is the fastest shark, reaching speeds of 50 mph (80 kph).
(No 6: Ostrich) It's the fastest animal on two legs, reaching speeds of 45 mph (72 kph).
(No 7: Pistol shrimp)
(No 8: Hare) It's small but it can run faster than human, and can reach speed of 40 mph (64 kph).
(No 9: Earthworm) According to the program, it's the fastest limbless animal. That's not true. The black mamba is.
(No 10: Basilisk) It can run on water.

Gluttons (No 1: Caterpillar)It increases his weight 10,000 times in just 20 days.

(No 2: Blue Whale) Big bodies means big amounts of food.
(No 3: Hummingbird) It needs to eat every 10 minutes and every day it consumes 2/3 of its body weight.
(No 4: Argentine wide-mouthed frog)
(No 5: Python) It can swallow something bigger than its head in a single gulp.
(No 6: Vampire Bat)
(No 7: Tasmanian Devil) It can eat 40% of its body weight in half an hour.
(No 8: Vulture) It has the deadliest diet of any animal: anthrax, botulism and cholera.
(No 9: Pig) It is known to be very greedy.
(No 10: Tiger Shark) Tiger sharks can eat anything, even garbage, metal, and tin cans!

Survivors (No 1: Water Bear) It can survive temperatures as low as -328°F, temperatures as high as 303°F, 1000 times more radiation than any animal, 120 years without water, and can also survive in a vacuum like that found in space.

(No 2: Weta) It can be frozen without frostbite.
(No 3: Emperor Penguin) Males have to survive in -70°C temperatures for 65 days with an egg balanced on their toes.
(No 4: Polar Bear)
(No 5: Tube Worm) It can survive without a mouth, yet it eats thanks to little bacteria.
(No 6: Cockroach) It can survive heavy doses of radiation, poison and 9 days without its head.
(No 7: Guanaco) It lives in one of the driest places on earth.
(No 8: Gannet) It was the only kind of animal that can crash into water at a speed of 75 mph (120 kmph) and survive.
(No 9: Rat) They have flexible bones that make it capable of surviving of falling down from the second floor of a building.
(No 10: Camel) It can lose water weighing more than 40% of body weight, and can live without drinking water for 8 days.

Births (No. 1: Tapeworm) Each section of its body can grow up to be a new tapeworm and can give birth to a million babies a day.

(No 2: Termite (queen)) It can give birth to 30000 babies a day.
(No 3: Aphid) It can become pregnant without mating.
(No 4: Nine-banded Armadillo) It can give birth to identical quadruplets.
(No 5: Surinam Toad) Birth can be backbreaking labor for this animal.
(No 6: Whale) The baby can weigh as heavy as a small car.
(No 7: Rabbit) They can start a new family every month.
(No 8: Kiwi) The egg is 25% of the mother's body weight.
(No 9: Seahorse) It is the male who gives birth.
(No 10: Tasmanian Devil) In a single litter, it can give birth to 30 babies.

Cheats (No 1: Cuckoo) It switches eggs to avoid caring for its baby.

(No 2: Orangutan) It has found a way to escape the rain: put a leaf on top of your head.
(No 3: Virginia Opossum) It can play dead for 6 hours.
(No 4: Monkey) In India, monkeys are a complete nuisance and steal food, water, and other stuff.
(No 5: Firefly) To get food, female fireflies attract males with their bioluminescence. When the male arrives, the female ambushes him, and eats him.
(No 6: Alligator Snapping Turtle) Their tongue looks like a worm, so it attracts fish.
(No 7: Caterpillar, Moth)
(No 8: Chameleon) They can't be seen with their amazing camouflage.
(No 9: Rat)
(No 10: Fox) They are known to be cunning thieves.

Horrors (No 1: Roundworm) It can be inside someone's body without notice.

(No 2: Snake)
(No 3: Bee) People are afraid of swarms, especially killer bee swarms.
(No 4: Spider) It causes arachnophobia in lots of people.
(No 5: Bat) It was flying through our nightmares for generations.
(No 6: Shark) It is the most infamous predator of the sea.
(No 7: Bear)
(No 8: Piranha)
(No 9: Mouse) The program stated that 1 in 3 American women have a fear of mice.
(No 10: Wolf)

Builders (No 1: Termite) A human sized termite can make a building bigger than the Empire State Building relative to its size, with only dirt, dung and saliva.

(No 2: Beaver)
(No 3: Bee)
(No 4: Nautilus)
(No 5: Caddisfly (larvae))
(No 6: Prairie Dog)
(No 7: Spider)
(No 8: Bowerbird (male))
(No 9: Orangutan) They build beds every night.
(No 10: African gray treefrog) When they mate, the female creates a bubbly home that hangs on a cliff. After that, the eggs fall on the bubbly home, and then after hatching, they fall into a small body of water.

Fighters (No. 1: Ant) Uses warlike tactics with an army of millions. Ants are devastating warriors. A group of Asian Ants make the ultimate sacrifice by rupturing glands on its abdomen to release toxic substances at the enemy.

(No 2: Betta) If you put 2 males in the same tank, they'll use their sharp teeth to rip each other to shreds.
(No 3: Tasmanian Devil) They are very aggressive, contributing to fighting.
(No 4: Ring-Tailed Lemur)
(No 5: Muskox) It can repeat headbangs up to 20 times at 20mph.
(No 6: Polar Bear) It can take down something 3 times its own weight.
(No 7: Praying Mantis) A kung fu technique was named after this animal.
(No 8: Elephant Seal)
(No 9: Bombardier Beetle)
(No 10: Lion) For thousands of years, lions were a worthy contender for even the strongest men.

Smarts (No 1: African Gray Parrot) They can mimic human speech and some species can even understand what they are mimicking.

(No 2: Chimpanzee)
(No 3: Dolphin)
(No 4: Octopus)
(No 5: Crow)
(No 6: Japanese Macaque) It is the only animal, besides humans, that washes its food before eating it.
(No 7: Horse)
(No 8: Pig)
(No 9: Honeybee) It communicates by dancing.
(No 10: Dog) It can understand a few hundred words and phrases.

Strength (No 1: Rhinoceros Beetle) It can lift something 850 times its own weight.

(No 2: Elephant) Its trunk can hold up to 600 pounds.
(No 3: Leaf-Cutter Ant) It can lift something 50 times its own weight.
(No 4: Tiger)
(No 5: Ox)
(No 6: African Crowned Eagle) It can carry something 4 times its weight during flight.
(No 7: Anaconda)
(No 8: Gorilla) It can lift 4600 pounds, the equivalent of two family cars.
(No 9: Mussel)
(No 10: Bear) It can lift 1200 pounds.

Lovers (No 1: Red-back spider) The male gets eaten by the female after mating.

(No 2: Kakapo)
(No 3: Red Sighted Garter Snake)
(No 4: Indian Rhinoceros)
(No 5: Crane)
(No 6: Mussel)
(No 7: Peafowl)
(No 8: Crested Black Macaque)
(No 9: Whiptail Lizard) The species is entirely female.
(No 10: Tasmanian Devil) Mating is more like fighting for a male and female.

Biters (No 1: Cookie-Cutter Shark) It makes cookie-shaped bites on its prey. It can bite a submarine and leave a 1 inch deep hole.

(No 2: Hippopotamus)
(No 3: Komodo Dragon) It has razor-sharp teeth and deadly bacteria in its mouth. One bite can kill a buffalo, caused by bacteria infection.
(No 4: Dog) Every 45 seconds, a person will get bitten by a dog in the U.S.
(No 5: Vampire Bat)
(No 6: Crocodile) It has a powerful crushing jaw.
(No 7: Funnelweb Spider)
(No 8: Snake) It has a long fang and venom.
(No 9: Naked Mole-Rat) Its incisor bite can go through a cement wall little by little.
(No 10: Mosquito (female))

[edit] Season 2

Moms (No. 1: Sea Louse) Her babies kill her and eat her corpse!

(No. 2: Octopus) She stays with the eggs for 6 months (incubation period), but when the eggs hatch, she is already dead from starvation.
(No. 3: Elephant Seal) She puts on an extra 600 pounds while being pregnant.
(No. 4: Red-knobbed hornbill) If food is scarce, all the food found is given to the youngsters.
(No. 5: Orangutan)
(No. 6: Cheetah)
(No. 7: Polar Bear)
(No. 8: Alligator) She keeps her young in her mouth.
(No. 9: Koala)
(No. 10: Elephant) She gives birth to 300 lb. babies.

Dads (No 1: Seahorse) The dad gives birth to the young!

(No. 2: Emperor penguin) The males spend 65 days in the cold Antarctic landscape with an egg balanced on his toes while waiting for the females to return with food.
(No. 3: Darwin's frog) The dad keeps the young in his mouth.
(No. 4: Jacana)
(No. 5: Stickleback)
(No. 6: Rhea) It spends 40 days and nights looking after its eggs, and after that, spends 2 years taking care of them.
(No. 7: Giant water bug)
(No. 8: Jackal) It is the only animal, besides humans, known to babysit.
(No. 9: Marsupial mouse) The male dies right after mating.
(No. 10: Lion) The male takes care of 20 cubs.

Predators (No 1: Shrew) Since they have such a huge metabolism, (their heart beats 600 times a minute), it's the busiest predator in the world and some species need to eat 3 times their own body weight in one day to survive!

(No. 2: Killer whale) It can do something beyond the limits of other marine animals: it can land on a beach to catch a seal.
(No. 3: Wolf) They use "teamwork" strategy to slay prey 7 times bigger.
(No. 4: Shark)
(No. 5: Electric eel) Without teeth, it uses electricity to paralyze their prey and swallow.
(No. 6: Snake) It can sense prey using infrared.
(No. 7: Spider)
(No. 8: Polar Bear) Its sensitive snout can catch the smell of a seal hiding under 3 feet of thick ice pad.
(No. 9: Archerfish) They spit water at their insect prey which can be 8 feet high.
(No. 10: Crocodile) It can wait for 1 month for prey.

Stinkers (No 1: Skunk) Who else?

(No. 2: Giant petrel) Their vomit smells horrible.
(No. 3: Millipede) One species smells so bad, that it can kill a mouse.
(No. 4: Elephant (male))
(No. 5: Muskox (male))
(No. 6: Hyena)
(No. 7: Hooker's sea lion)
(No. 8: Hippopotamus (male))
(No. 9: Vulture)
(No. 10: Dog)

Super Senses (No 1: Shark) They have a "sixth sense": detecting electric fields.

(No. 2: Mantis shrimp) Their eyes can see stuff you can't even imagine.
(No. 3: Snake) They have infrared imaging.
(No. 4: Dolphin) They use echolocation to find their prey.
(No. 5: Elephant) They can send sound waves through their feet.
(No. 6: Moth (male)) The male can smell a female over 6 miles away.
(No. 7: Dog) They have an awesome sense of smell.
(No. 8: Pig) They have 20,000 taste glands.
(No. 9: Star-nosed Mole) It has an incredible sense of touch.
(No. 10: Tarsier) It has the largest eyes of any animal, able to see amazingly in the night.

Swarms (No 1: Argentine Ant) A colony has been recorded to stretch from Spain to Italy!

(No. 2: Krill)
(No. 3: Locust)
(No. 4: Monarch butterfly)
(No. 5: Jellyfish)
(No. 6: Red crab)
(No. 7: Bat)
(No. 8: Caribou)
(No. 9: Grunion)
(No. 10: Mouse)

Venom (No 1: Box Jellyfish) It can kill you in less than 10 minutes, and a drop of venom can kill 50 men.

(No. 2: Snake)
(No. 3: Cone snail)
(No. 4: Blue-ringed octopus)
(No. 5: Stonefish)
(No. 6: Scorpion)
(No. 7: Bee)
(No. 8: Gila monster)
(No. 9: Platypus (male))
(No. 10: Stingray)

Eaters (No. 1: Vulture) It eats anthrax, botulism, and cholera.

(No. 2: Meerkat) They eat scorpions.
(No. 3: Poison dart frog) They eat poisonous ants.
(No. 4: Dung beetle) They eat dung.
(No. 5: Cleaner wrasse) They eat parasites from other fishes' mouths.
(No. 6: Dust mite) They eat your skin.
(No. 7: Parrotfish) They eat rocks.
(No. 8: Macaw) They eat clay.
(No. 9: Termite) They eat wood.
(No. 10: Sloth) The leaves they eat contain a kind of poison, but it's not very toxic.

Daredevils (No 1: Barnacle Goose) The young of these species jump off a cliff and fall; their small size and weight protect them from serious injury when they hit the ground.

(No. 2: Bharal) Males fight in the mountains, where they could fall at any time.
(No. 3: Weddell Seal)
(No. 4: Click beetle)
(No. 5: Brown Pelican)
(No. 6: Eagle)
(No. 7: Flying snake)
(No. 8: Orangutan)
(No. 9: Sloth)
(No. 10: Gecko)

Body Parts (No 1: Giraffe) It has a long neck, long legs, and long tongue.

(No. 2: Elephant) It has a long trunk.
(No. 3: Giant squid) It has the largest known eye of any animal.
(No. 4: Giant anteater) It has a long tongue.
(No. 5: Fiddler crab (male))
(No. 6: Jacana) They have huge feet, stopping them from sinking in the water.
(No. 7: Aye-aye) The middle finger is bone-like, in getting their food from inside a tree limb.
(No. 8: Babirusa (male))
(No. 9: Platypus) It has the beak of a duck, the flippers of an otter, and the tail of a beaver.
(No. 10: Fennec Fox) It has huge ears.

Disguises (No 1: Mimic Octopus) It has the uncanny ability to mimic scorpionfish, crabs, mantis shrimps, sea snakes, starfish, flounders, jellyfish and even sea anemones!

(No. 2: Stick insect)
(No. 3: Leafy sea dragon)
(No. 4: Caterpillar)
(No. 5: Hognosed snake)
(No. 6: Decorator crab)
(No. 7: Sea snake)
(No. 8: Arctic fox)
(No. 9: Lyrebird) They use their calls to imitate over 20 bird calls.
(No. 10: Snow leopard) Their spots make them almost invisible in the Himalayan mountains.

Oddities (No 1: Anglerfish) The male lives on the female, sometimes, his entire life.

(No. 2: Platypus)
(No. 3: Aye-aye)
(No. 4: Hairy frog)
(No. 5: Horseshoe crab)
(No. 6: Cassowary)
(No. 7: Flying fish)
(No. 8: Sloth)
(No. 9: Stalk-eyed fly (male))
(No. 10: Proboscis Monkey (male))

Defenders (No 1: Killer Bee) They are very aggressive when protecting the nest.

(No. 2: Termite (soldier))
(No. 3: Dog)
(No. 4: Tarantula)
(No. 5: Porcupine)
(No. 6: Horned lizard)
(No. 7: Tomato frog)
(No. 8: Turtle)
(No. 9: Moth butterfly (larvae))
(No. 10: Armadillo)

[edit] Season 3

Gross Outs (No. 1: Fly) It vomits to eat and can eat most things.

(No. 2: Vulture) It eats the diseased and dead.
(No. 3: Hagfish)
(No. 4: Sea cucumber) It makes a trail of feces.
(No. 5: Koala)
(No. 6: Tahr) They drink urine.
(No. 7: Jackal)
(No. 8: Hippopotamus (male)) It spreads its feces everywhere with tail.
(No. 9: Cow) Produces a lot of gas.
(No. 10: Giraffe) They pick their noses with tongue.

Home Designers (No.1: Termite)

(No. 2: Beaver)
(No. 3: Prairie dog)
(No. 4: Weaver bird)
(No. 5: Wasp)
(No. 6: Cave swiftlet)
(No. 7: Spider)
(No. 8: Burying beetle)
(No. 9: Decorator crab)
(No. 10: Parrotfish)

Tough Babies (No. 1: Sand Tiger Shark) The babies fight, kill, and eat each other in the womb and only one shark pup survives.

(No. 2: Hyena (female))
(No. 3: Cuckoo) It switches babies with other birds. Cuckoo chick sometimes gets rid of the competition.
(No. 4: Tasmanian Devil) The mother eats all but 4 babies.
(No. 5: Scorpion) The mother might eat them if on her back for too long.
(No. 6: Octopus)
(No. 7: Torrent Duck)
(No. 8: Weddell seal)
(No. 9: Giraffe) The young giraffe has to survive a 6-foot fall.
(No. 10: Orangutan)

Wild Parties (No.1: Red Crab) The entire population on an island spread out everywhere on the island until they get to the coast.

(No. 2: Flamingo)
(No. 3: Wildebeest)
(No. 4: Red sighted garter snake (male)) There are 10,000 males fighting for one female.
(No. 5: Walrus (male))
(No. 6: Black stingray)
(No. 7: Grizzly bear)
(No. 8: Japanese Macaque)
(No. 9: Kakapo (male)) They use their call to attract a female, with little success.
(No. 10: Wolf)

Monster Myths (No.1: Wolf) When wolves howl, it reminds people of werewolves.

(No. 2: Piranha)
(No. 3: Bat)
(No. 4: Gorilla)
(No. 5: Colossal Squid)
(No. 6: Bear)
(No. 7: Great white shark) Jaws
(No. 8: Tarantula)
(No. 9: Anaconda)
(No. 10: Crocodile)

Killer Cats (No 1: House Cat) It is the only cat which hunts for fun and they can hunt over 1,000 different species of animals, more than any other cat.

(No. 2: Leopard) Their have good climbing ability, and they hunt over 80 species.
(No. 3: Jaguar) They can bite through the carapace of a turtle and they hunt over 50 species.
(No. 4: Cougar)
(No. 5: Lion)
(No. 6: Tiger)
(No. 7: Snow Leopard)
(No. 8: Fishing Cat)
(No. 9: Serval)
(No. 10: Cheetah) The fastest cat ever and it hunts only three species.

Battle of the Sexes (No 1: Whiptail Lizard) All males are extinct.

(No. 2: Praying mantis (female))
(No. 3: Hyena (female)) Weakest female is higher in class than strongest male.
(No. 4: Naked mole-rat (female))
(No. 5: Baboon (male))
(No. 6: Elephant (female))
(No. 7: Tasmanian Devil (male))
(No. 8: Lion (male)) The male gets lazy, while the female does all the hunting.
(No. 9: Cichlid (male))
(No. 10: Elephant seal))

Troublemakers (No 1: Termite) It causes house destruction, billions of dollars yearly in the USA.

(No. 2: Beaver)
(No. 3: Dog)
(No. 4: Elephant)
(No. 5: Monkey) They steal coal to eat.
(No. 6: Vulture)
(No. 7: Bear) destroys cars for the smallest amount of food.
(No. 8: Kea)
(No. 9: Elephant seal (male))
(No. 10: Little Blue Penguin) loud, nests are under houses.

Big Mouths (No 1: Argentinan Wide-mouthed Frog) The mouth is 50% of body its length.

(No. 2: Anglerfish)
(No. 3: Whale)
(No. 4: Hippopotamus)
(No. 5: Whale shark)
(No. 6: Crocodile)
(No. 7: Pelican)
(No. 8: Snake)
(No. 9: Giant Anteater)
(No. 10: Elephant) 1% of body length (It's still big, but so is everything else)

Odd Couples (No 1: Greenland Shark and Copepod) Greenland sharks are known to be sluggish in cold water, so a small bioluminescent copepod attaches itself to the eye and acts like a fishing lure.

(No. 2: Tree Ant and Caterpillar)
(No. 3: Tarantula and Frog)
(No. 4: Coyote and Badger) Coyotes and badgers occasionally work together to catch food, even though the badger doesn't get any of it.
(No. 5: Honeyguide and Honey badger)
(No. 6: Pistol shrimp and Goby)
(No. 7: Giraffe and Oxpecker) Oxpeckers pick ticks off from giraffes.
(No. 8: Hermit crab and Sea anemone)
(No. 9: Mussel and Bitterling)
(No. 10: Snapper and Tongue louse)

Outrageous Flirts (No 1: Elephant (female)) Flapping a female's ears can bring ultrasonic sounds to a male as far as 6 miles.

(No. 2: Crested black macaque (female)) The larger the red buttocks, the more attracted the males get!
(No. 3: Florican (male)) Jumping up to 6 feet to attract a female.
(No. 4: Mudskipper (male))
(No. 5: Scorpion (male))
(No. 6: Adelie penguin (female))
(No. 7: Bower bird (male))
(No. 8: Burying beetle (male))
(No. 9: Travencore tortoise (male))
(No. 10: Blue-footed Booby (female)) Does a little dance to attract a male!

Super Dogs (No 1: Chihuahua) The program noted that the face of Chihuahuas often reminds people of faces of babies, considered cute by most humans and that's why the Chihuahua sometimes is referred to as cute.

(No. 2: Bulldog)
(No. 3: Retriever)
(No. 4: Maremma)
(No. 5: Border Collie)
(No. 6: Jack Russel Terrier)
(No. 7: St. Bernard)
(No. 8: Beagle)
(No. 9: Greyhound)
(No. 10: Dingo)

Killers (No. 1: Mosquito (female)) A pregnant female mosquito can carry more than a hundred diseases and kill 2.7 million people each year.

(No. 2: Snake) Struck 40,000 people a year, mostly in countries where shoes are rare, and healthcare is poor.
(No. 3: Killer Bee) Taken 1,000 lives since their release in Brazil.
(No. 4: Crocodile) Two of the 21 species, the Nile and the Saltwater, take more than a thousand lives a year.
(No. 5: Scorpion) A few species (mainly, the Fattail Scorpion) are deadly, taking 1,000 lives a year.
(No. 6: Elephant (male)) Kills 300 people a year; a bull elephant in musth is blamed for 80% of them.
(No. 7: Tiger) Killed 80 people a year.
(No. 8: Box jellyfish) Taken a average of 55 lives a year.
(No. 9: Hyena) Taken an average of 50 lives a year.
(No. 10: Great White Shark) Killed an average of 4 people a year.

Poison (No. 1: Poison Dart Frog) It has poison enough to kill 150 people.

(No. 2: Pufferfish) It has poison enough to kill 50 people.
(No. 3: Blue-Ringed Octopus)It has poison enough to kill 10 people.
(No. 4: Pitohui)
(No. 5: Spitting cobra)
(No. 6: Cane Toad)
(No. 7: Bombardier Beetle)
(No. 8: Monarch Butterfly)
(No. 9: Millipede)
(No. 10: Sea Slug)

Super Sharks (No 1: Hammerhead Shark) It has excellent vision and smell, along with its ability to sense voltages as small as a half-billionth of a volt.

(No. 2: Great White Shark)
(No. 3: Tiger Shark)
(No. 4: Shortfin Mako Shark)
(No. 5: Oceanic Whitetip Reef Shark)
(No. 6: Greenland Shark)
(No. 7: Sand Tiger Shark)
(No. 8: Silky Shark)
(No. 9: Angel shark)
(No. 10: Whale Shark)

Bloodsuckers (No 1: Tick) It can devour 600 times its own body size in blood!

(No. 2: Flea) It can suck blood 15 times its size.
(No. 3: Bedbug) It can suck more than 7 times it size in blood.
(No. 4: Assassin bug) It can suck more than 6 times its size in blood.
(No. 5: Leech) It can swallow 5 times its size in blood.
(No. 6: Mosquito (female)) It can drink 1 and a half times its size in blood.
(No. 7: Vampire Bat) It can lick 5 teaspoons of blood.
(No. 8: Candiru)
(No. 9: Madrilenial Butterfly)
(No. 10: Vampire Finch)

Athletes (No 1: Arctic Tern) If you were like an Arctic tern, you would travel around the world 2 times.

(No. 2: Sperm Whale)
(No. 3: Sailfish)
(No. 4: Klipspringer)
(No. 5: Gorilla)
(No. 6: Elephant Shrew) If we were like this animal, we would run 165 mph.
(No. 7: Skipper Caterpillar) It is one of the best throwers in the animal kingdom, throwing dung 5 feet from its bottom, equivalent to a human throwing dung 240 feet from its bottom.
(No. 8: Cheetah)
(No. 9: Muskox (male))
(No. 10: Gannet)

Deadly Snakes (No. 1: King Cobra) A single bite from a king cobra can kill an elephant.

(No. 2: Taipan) It is the most venomous snake in the world.
(No. 3: Black Mamba) It has a deadly venom and it was the fastest snake in the world.
(No. 4: Sea Snake)
(No. 5: Tiger Snake)
(No. 6: Reticulated Python)
(No. 7: Death Adder)
(No. 8: Rattlesnake)
(No. 9: Saw-Scaled Viper)
(No. 10: Anaconda)

Global Conquerors (No. 1: Cockroach) Conquering the entire world since the dawn of time.

(No. 2: Rat) It lives everywhere in the world.
(No. 3: House Cat) It now lives everywhere in the world.
(No. 4: Cane Toad) It has invaded 39 countries.
(No. 5: Mosquito) It has invaded 36 countries in the world.
(No. 6: Rabbit) It invaded 29 countries worldwide.
(No. 7: Killer Bee) It has invaded 25 countries.
(No. 8: Argentine ant) This animal invaded 21 countries in the world.
(No. 9: Monk Parakeet) It has invaded 17 countries worldwide.
(No. 10: Brown Tree Snake) It has invaded 10 countries in the world.

Movers (No. 1: Scallop) It uses jet propulsion for locomotion.

(No. 2: Flying Snake)
(No. 3: Sailfish)
(No. 4: Peregrine Falcon)
(No. 5: Kangaroo)
(No. 6: Emperor Penguin)
(No. 7: Cheetah)
(No. 8: Gibbon)
(No. 9: Gecko)
(No. 10: Fishing spider)

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Hissy Fits (No. 1: Bull Elephant (male)) A bull elephant will charge when provoked.

(No. 2: Bee)
(No. 3: Bear)
(No. 4: Rhinoceros)
(No. 5: Tasmanian Devil)
(No. 6: Honey Badger)
(No. 7: Shrew (male))
(No. 8: Llama)
(No. 9: Ring-tailed Lemur (male))
(No. 10: Chameleon)

Living Dead (No. 1: Water Bear) It can stay in suspended animation for as long as 120 years.

(No. 2: Burrowing frog)
(No. 3: Lungfish)
(No. 4: Weta) Stays frozen for months.
(No. 5: Bear)
(No. 6: Ant (caused by a liver fluke))
(No. 7: Earthworm (caused by a shrew))
(No. 8: Tarantula (caused by a tarantula hawk))
(No. 9: Opposum)
(No. 10: Hognose snake)

Divers (No. 1: Sperm Whale) It has been found in depths of 2,200 meters (7,200 feet) and can hold its breath for almost 2 hours.

(No. 2: Weddell seal)
(No. 3: Marine iguana)
(No. 4: Emperor penguin)
(No. 5: Hippopotamus)
(No. 6: Diving bell spider)
(No. 7: Dugong)
(No. 8: Sea otter)
(No. 9: Galapagos cormorant)
(No. 10: Elephant)

Dieters (No. 1: Tick) It can survive 18 years without eating!

(No. 2: Salmon) It can survive 9 months without eating.
(No. 3: Bear) It can survive 7 months without eating.
(No. 4: Honeypot ant) It can survive 6 months without eating.
(No. 5: Right whale (female)) It can survive 4 months without eating.
(No. 6: Emperor penguin (male)) It can survive 120 days without eating.
(No. 7: Weddell seal (female)) It can survive three weeks without eating.
(No. 8: Camel) It can survive two weeks without eating.
(No. 9: Shrew) It has to eat three times its own weight or starve.
(No. 10: Hummingbird) It can eat 60 meals a day without getting fat due to fast metabolism.

Loudmouths (No. 1: Pistol Shrimp) It has a specialized claw that generates noise over 200 decibels. This is enough to kill small fish and break glass almost 1.8 meters away.

(No. 2: Blue whale)
(No. 3: Herring)
(No. 4: Bat)
(No. 5: Cicada)
(No. 6: Elephant)
(No. 7: Howler monkey)
(No. 8: Wolf)
(No. 9: Kakapo (male))
(No. 10: Alligator)

Appendages (No. 1: Anglerfish) Its fishing lure AND the female anglerfish's sexual organs are really males fused to her body!

(No. 2: Mussel)
(No. 3: Nudibranch)
(No. 4: Lizard)
(No. 5: Spider Monkey)
(No. 6: Star-Nosed Mole)
(No. 7: Elephant)
(No. 8: Dragonfly (nymph))
(No. 9: Snail)
(No. 10: Chameleon)

City Slickers (No. 1: Macaque) Macaques are so used to the city, 80% of all food they eat are from humans, and 80% of the food from humans is stolen.

(No. 2: Crow)
(No. 3: Raccoon)
(No. 4: Moose)
(No. 5: Fox)
(No. 6: Red-Tailed Hawk)
(No. 7: Turkey Vulture)
(No. 8: Mexican Free-tailed Bat)
(No. 9: Little Blue Penguin)
(No. 10: Saltwater Crocodile)

Transformers (No. 1:Ribeoria Worm)It undergoes four stages of transformations.

(No. 2: Stick Insect) It undergoes three transformations.
(No. 3: Caterpillar)
(No. 4: Sea Squirt)
(No. 5: Tiger Salamander)
(No. 6: Wrasse (female))
(No. 7: Flatfish)
(No. 8: Naked Mole Rat (female))
(No. 9: Mimic Octopus)
(No. 10: Arctic Fox)

Workaholics (No. 1: Honey Bee) They spend all their time making honey.

(No. 2: Leafcutter Ant)
(No. 3: Cleaner Wrasse)
(No. 4: Megapode)
(No. 5: Beaver)
(No. 6: Lion (female))
(No. 7: African Hunting Dog)
(No. 8: Bower bird)
(No. 9: Emperor Penguin)
(No. 10: Characin)

Slime Balls (No. 1: Banana Slug) It has the most uses of slime.

(No. 2: Limpet)
(No. 3: New Zealand Glowworm)
(No. 4: Spittlebug)
(No. 5: Larvacean)
(No. 6: Snail)
(No. 7: Hedgehog)
(No. 8: Toad)
(No. 9: Cave Swiftlet)
(No. 10: Hagfish)

Myths (No. 1: Lemming) Lemmings commmit suicide. False.

(No. 2: Earwig) Earwigs live in your ears. False
(No. 3: Camel) Camels store water in their humps. False
(No. 4: Hen) Hen's teeth are rare. False... when young.
(No. 5: Dog) You can't teach an old dog new tricks. False... as long as you work on it!
(No. 6: Bat) Bats are blind. False
(No. 7: Groundhog) Groundhogs can predict the weather. True... kind of.
(No. 8: March Hare) March hares are mad. True... partially.
(No. 9: Crocodile) Crocodiles are crybabies. True... partially.
(No. 10: Elephant) An elephant has an amazing memory. True

Gourmets (No. 1: Honey Bee) Honey Bees make nature's perfect taste, honey.

(No. 2: Arctic Fox)
(No. 3: Leafcutter Ant)
(No. 4: Burying Beetle)
(No. 5: Nursery web spider (male))
(No. 6: Shrike)
(No. 7: Egyptian Vulture)
(No. 8: Red Squirrel)
(No. 9: Japanese Macaque)
(No. 10: Crocodile)

Diggers (No. 1: Termite)

(No. 2: Mole)
(No. 3: Earthworm)
(No. 4: Meerkat)
(No. 5: Mole cricket (male)) They make their own underground stereo system.
(No. 6: Badger)
(No. 7: Woodpecker)
(No. 8: Ant-Lion)
(No. 9: Carmine Bee-Eater)
(No. 10: Scabies Mite)

Weird Weapons (No. 1 Electric Eel) Its weird weapon: electricity.

(No. 2: Ant) They create a stronghold in a tree and wait inside for the prey to come to rest at the tree then catch it.
(No. 3: Humpback Whale) They use sonic wave sound to cage fish.
(No. 4: Spitting spider) They use their web to throw at their prey.
(No. 5: Tarantula) They can spray their hair to make a predator feel itchy and run away.
(No. 6: Whip Scorpion) They can spray the acid from their tails.
(No. 7: Horned Lizard) They use the blood that drips off from their eye to scare a predator away.
(No. 8: Archerfish)They squirt water to knock down their prey.
(No. 9: Tiger) They use their ultrasonic sound to face each other down.
(No. 10: Fieldfare)It uses its waist to throw at its enemies

Cleaners (No. 1: Japanese Macaque) Besides humans, Japanese macaques are the only animals known to clean their food before they eat it.

(No. 2: Cleaner Shrimp)
(No. 3: Ant)
(No. 4: Sponge)
(No. 5: Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake)
(No. 6: Oxpecker)
(No. 7: Dung beetle)
(No. 8: Pig)
(No. 9: Fly)
(No. 10: Sloth)

Pirates (No. 1: Amazon Ant) They steal other species of ants as "slaves".

(No. 2: Assassin bug)
(No. 3: Sabre-toothed blenny)
(No. 4: Baboon)
(No. 5: Hyena)
(No. 6: Kea)
(No. 7: Argyrodes Spider)
(No. 8: Squirrel)
(No. 9: Dung beetle)
(No. 10: Frigate Bird)

Gardeners (No. 1: Lemon Ant) Using their own type of herbicide, they are able to change their surroundings.

(No. 2: Palau Jellyfish)
(No. 3: Termite)
(No. 4: Hypsi)
(No. 5: Gorilla)
(No. 6: Giraffe)
(No. 7: Fig wasp (female))
(No. 8: Thynnine Wasp (male))
(No. 9: Earthworm)
(No. 10: Mistletoe Bird)

Freeloaders (No. 1: Tapeworm) It depends on humans for survival.

(No. 2: Bat Fly)
(No. 3: Remora)
(No. 4: Ear mite)
(No. 5: Pearlfish)
(No. 6: Tuatara)
(No. 7: Komodo Dragon (female))
(No. 8: Arctic Fox)
(No. 9: Catfish)
(No. 10: Pseudoscorpion)

Awesome Ancestors (No. 1: Megatherium) 750 times as large as their modern-day counterpart.

(No. 2: Terror bird) 300 times bigger than its modern-day descendant
(No. 3: Tyrannosaurus Rex)
(No. 4: Diprotodon)
(No. 5: Sabre-Toothed Cat)
(No. 6: Sarcosuchus)
(No. 7: Megalodon) 50 feet long, weigh at 50 tons, teeth at 7 inches long, and with a mouth 6 feet wide, it would take in one big gulp, both a human AND their descendant (the Great White Shark)!
(No. 8: Prehistoric Giant Ant)
(No. 9: Haast's Eagle)
(No. 10: Mammoth) 50 percent bigger than the elephant

Fashion Disasters (No. 1: Deer) Their antlers (mainly, moose antlers), when interlocked, can bring targets to predators and/or death to each other.

(No. 2: Babirusa (male)) Their upper tusks can go through their skull.
(No. 3: Sage Grouse (male))
(No. 4: Guppy (male))
(No. 5: Lion (male))
(No. 6: Bengal Tiger (white variation)) All of the white Bengals lived in captivity.
(No. 7: Peafowl (male)) The larger the tail feathers, the harder they fly, and the easier the target for predators.
(No. 8: Fiddler Crab (male))
(No. 9: Porcupine)
(No. 10: Lake Titicaca Frog)