The Most Extreme

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The Most Extreme
Genre Nature documentary
Country of origin Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 77
Broadcast
Original channel Animal Planet
First shown in Flag of the United States United States
Original run July 1, 2002 – Present
External links
Official website
TV.com summary

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 features, such as strength, speed, flirtation, appendages, diet, etc., and examines and ranks 10 animals which portray extreme or unusual examples of that quality. The rankings are not arrived at by a scientifically rigorous process; they serve only to give a broad depiction.

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 including StankDawg, 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 March 2008, there have been 77 episodes.

Contents

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1

Episode 1: Jumpers

  • (No. 1: Flea) They can jump 220 times their own length and 150 times their own height. That's the equivalent to a human jumping over the Brooklyn Bridge & as high as 2 Statue of Liberty.
  • (No. 2: Tree Frog) Some species can jump 150 times their own length. That's the equivalent of a human jumping over the RMS Titanic.
  • (No. 3: Jumping Spider) It can jump 100 times its own length, equivalent to us jumping over two jumbo jets.
  • (No. 4: Klipspringer) It can jump ten times its own height. If we were like a klipspringer, we would jump over the torch of the Statue of Liberty.
  • (No. 5: Kangaroo Rat) It can jump 45 times its body length. If they were as large as we are, they could clear a football field.
  • (No. 6: Kangaroo) It is a very fast jumper, moving at 35 mph.
  • (No. 7: Locust) It jumps 20 times its own body length. They could clear a basketball court if they were as large as humans are.
  • (No. 8: Bharal) They have to be good jumpers to fight on the edge of steep cliffs, and their hoofs are built for it.
  • (No. 9: Caterpillar) Inside a jumping bean, it can jump.
  • (No. 10: Rabbit) They could beat the best Olympic jumpers.

Episode 2: Gluttons

  • (No. 1: Caterpillar) The caterpillar can increase its weight 10000 times in less than 20 days.
  • (No. 2: Blue Whale) It has a large size as well as a large appetite.
  • (No. 3: Hummingbird) It needs to eat every ten minutes and every day it consumes 2/3 of its body weight.
  • (No. 4: Argentinian Wide-mouthed Frog) It literally bites off more than it can chew.
  • (No. 5: Python) It can swallow something bigger than its head in a single gulp.
  • (No. 6: Vampire Bat) It has to drink more than its own weight in blood everyday just to survive. That would be like a human drinking a bathtub's worth of blood.
  • (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 and can eat 20% of its body weight.
  • (No. 9: Pig) It is known to be very greedy. However, they are only #9 in the countdown, for they have been known to be very picky eaters and actually have quite small stomachs.
  • (No. 10: Tiger Shark) They can take a bite out of shoes, wire, coal, salmon tin cans, armor, deer antlers, license plates, and turtle shells.

Episode 3: Speed

  • (No. 1: Tiger Beetle) If it were as large as a human, it could run at 309 mph (494 km/h).
  • (No. 2: Peregrine Falcon) It can dive at 200 mph (300 km/h).
  • (No. 3: Cheetah) It is the fastest land animal reaching speeds of 70 mph (115 km/h).
  • (No. 4: Cone Snail) It is the fastest killer in the world.
  • (No. 5: Mako Shark) It is the fastest shark, reaching speeds of 30 mph (48 km/h).
  • (No. 6: Ostrich) It's the fastest animal on two legs, reaching speeds of 50 mph (70 km/h).
  • (No. 7: Mantis Shrimp) They could beat the best gunslingers in the west with their strike.
  • (No. 8: Hare) They are twice as fast as an Olympic sprinter.
  • (No. 9: Worm) Worms are the fastest legless invertebrate.
  • (No. 10: Basilisk) Its feet move so fast, that it can run on water at 7 mph (11 km/h).

Episode 4: Births

  • (No. 1: Female 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: Female Termite) The queen can give birth to 30,000 babies a day.
  • (No. 3: Aphid) The young are pregnant before they are born. If all aphids survive, there would be one octillion aphids. That would cover the United States of America 14 ft. deep in aphids.
  • (No. 4: Female Nine-banded Armadillo) It can give birth to identical quadruplets and postpone pregnancy for three years!
  • (No. 5: Surinam Toad) It can carry 100 babies on its back.
  • (No. 6: Blue Whale) Young blue whales are the size of small cars.
  • (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: Male Seahorse) It is the male who gives birth.
  • (No. 10: Female Tasmanian Devil) In a single litter, it can give birth to 30 babies, but only four survive.

Episode 5: Cheats

  • (No. 1: Female 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 its head.
  • (No. 3: Opossum) It can play dead for six hours.
  • (No. 4: Monkey) In India, monkeys are a complete nuisance and steal food, water, and other stuff.
  • (No. 5: Female 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: Moth Caterpillar) It can disguise itself as many things, even dung to fool predators.
  • (No. 8: Chameleon) They can't be seen with their amazing camouflage.
  • (No. 9: Rat) Cheats its way into human lives.
  • (No. 10: Fox) It steals various types of bird eggs and then uses rocks to break the shell.

Episode 6: 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, can lose 99% of the water in its body, 120 years without water, and can even also survive in a vacuum like that found in space.
  • (No. 2: Weta) It can stay frozen for months without frostbite, even when all heart and brain activity ceases and it loses 99% of the water in its body.
  • (No. 3: Male Emperor Penguin) Males have to survive in -70 °C temperatures for 65 days with an egg balanced on their toes with winds of 100 mph!
  • (No. 4: Polar Bear) They can survive the winter without answering to the call of nature.
  • (No. 5: Tube Worm) They can survive thousands of feet below water in toxic waste, with its head in near freezing water, and its bottom in boiling water.
  • (No. 6: Cockroach) It can survive heavy doses of radiation, poison and nine days without its head.
  • (No. 7: Guanaco) It thrives in areas of 15,000 ft without getting sick.
  • (No. 8: Gannet) It is the only kind of animal that can crash into water at a speed of 90 mph (120 km/h) 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. They are immune to large amounts of poison too.
  • (No. 10: Camel) It can lose water weighing more than 40% of body weight, and can live without drinking water for eight days.

Episode 7: 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 two 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) They can shoot stink bombs at enemies!
  • (No. 5: Muskox) Muskoxen can repeat head bangs up to 20 times at 20 mph.
  • (No. 6: Polar Bear) It can take down something three times its own weight.
  • (No. 7: Praying Mantis) A kung fu technique was named after this animal.
  • (No. 8: Male Elephant Seal) The males fight a bloody battle for over 50 females!
  • (No. 9: Bombardier Beetle) Rockets missile-type weapons at over 700 times a second at threats.
  • (No. 10: Lion) For thousands of years, lions were a worthy contender for even the strongest men.

Episode 8: 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) It builds its own huge dams.
  • (No. 3: Bee) They carefully build witty hives.
  • (No. 4: Nautilus) They build their own underwater mobile home that can withstand being under 1,500 ft. of water pressure.
  • (No. 5: Caddisfly)
  • (No. 6: Prairie Dog) They can build underground canals that can stretch over a mile!
  • (No. 7: Spider) They build silk that is five times stronger than steel!
  • (No. 8: Male Bowerbird) The male builds the most decorative house to attract a mate.
  • (No. 9: Orangutan) They build beds every night.
  • (No. 10: Grey Tree Frog) 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. It's only #10 because it doesn't last very long.

Episode 9: Horrors

  • (No. 1: Roundworm) It can live inside somebody's stomach for 30 years.
  • (No. 2: Snake) Snakes frighten more people than any other animal in the world.
  • (No. 3: Killer Bee) People are afraid of swarms.
  • (No. 4: Spider) It causes arachnophobia in lots of people.
  • (No. 5: Bat) scary but hangs upsidedown.
  • (No. 6: Shark)Sharks are the most infamous predators of the sea.
  • (No. 7: Bear) Bears are a camper's worst nightmare.
  • (No. 8: Piranha) People are afraid of going swimming in the Amazon River for many reasons, but this fish is probably the main one.
  • (No. 9: Mouse) The program stated that one in three American women have a fear of mice.
  • (No. 10: Wolf) The wolf's howl scares people during the night.

Episode 10: Thinkers

  • (No. 1: Kea)Keas can mimic human speech and some can even understand what they are mimicking. They can solve the best puzzle, and even have the awareness of the average six-year-old!
  • (No. 2: Chimpanzee) They can use many tools to get food. They also have the intelligence of the average four-year-old and have escaped a jail cell in the past.
  • (No. 3: Dolphin) They have psychic powers, according to the show, and near human intelligence.
  • (No. 4: Octopus) Octopi are the most intelligent invertebrates. Baby octopuses have to teach themselves how to survive in the wild within a little over a year.
  • (No. 5: Crow) They are very clever. For example, a crow uses the crosswalk as their own nutcracker.
  • (No. 6: Japanese Macaque) They are very quick learners. For example, one macaque (or snow monkey) was said to have seen a group of people bathing in hot pools around the northernmost forest of Japan, and after thirty years, the whole troop has learned to do so!
  • (No. 7: Horse) It has been known to communicate through various arrays of sign language.
  • (No. 8: Pig)
  • (No. 9: Honeybee) It communicates by dancing.
  • (No. 10: Dog) It can understand a few hundred words and phrases.

Episode 11: Strength

  • (No. 1: Rhinoceros Beetle) It can lift something 850 times its own weight. That would be like a human lifting a tank!
  • (No. 2: Asian Elephant) Its trunk can hold up to 600 pounds and carry 20,000 pounds.
  • (No. 3: Leafcutter ant) It can lift something 50 times its own weight. That would be like a human lifting a truck!
  • (No. 4: Tiger) It can carry a full grown cow up a ten foot fence.
  • (No. 5: Ox) It can carry 2,000 pounds across rugged terrain.
  • (No. 6: Eagle) Eagles can carry something four times their weight during flight.
  • (No. 7: Anaconda) It can squeeze something its own weight to death.
  • (No. 8: Gorilla) It can lift 4,600 pounds, the equivalent of two family cars.
  • (No. 9: Mussel)
  • (No. 10: Grizzly Bear) Grizzly bears are the heavyweight champion of the mountains, lifting 1,200 lb.

Episode 12: Lovers

  • (No. 1: Redback Spider) For the male, falling in love is the very last thing he will ever do.
  • (No. 2: Kakapo) This lonely bird calls for a mate using his low call.
  • (No. 3: Garter Snake) The snake cheats his way into love's nest by pretending to be female in severely harsh weather. Even being frozen can't cool the hearts of them.
  • (No. 4: Indian Rhinoceros) Males search for female urine and the female has been reputed to test its potential for days.
  • (No. 5: Demoiselle Crane) When they find a mate, they start dancing.
  • (No. 6: Mussel) They have a symbiotic relationship with a fish.
  • (No. 7: Peacock) Their tail attracts a perfect mate.
  • (No. 8: Crested Black Macaque) The bigger the buttocks, the hotter you are.
  • (No. 9: Whiptail Lizard) The species is entirely female.
  • (No. 10: Tasmanian Devil) Mating is more like fighting for a male and female.

Episode 13: Biters

  • (No. 1: Cookie-cutter Shark) Cookie-cutter sharks have the biggest teeth in the world. They have been known to bite whales and nuclear submarines.
  • (No. 2: Hippopotamus) It can open its jaw up to 170° and snap a crocodile in half.
  • (No. 3: Komodo Dragon) This real-live monster has razor-sharp teeth and deadly bacteria in its mouth. One bite can kill a buffalo, caused by bacteria infection.
  • (No. 4: Dog) Dogs bite 4,700,000 Americans per year.
  • (No. 5: Vampire Bat) Vampire bats draw blood out of the toughest skin.
  • (No. 6: Nile Crocodile) The Nile Crocodile's bite has been measured at 3,000 lbf/in², the strongest of any animal.
  • (No. 7: Funnelweb Spider) Their enormous fangs inject paralyzing venom deep into their prey.
  • (No. 8: Snake) Venomous Snakes have long fangs and venom.
  • (No. 9: Naked Mole Rat) Its incisor bite can go through a cement wall little by little.
  • (No. 10: Female Mosquito) Females have the most deadly bite in the world, killing over 2.7 million people a year with over 100 diseases; the most common is malaria.

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Episode 14: Moms

  • (No. 1: Female Sea Louse) The babies kill and eat her corpse from the inside.
  • (No. 2: Female Octopus) She stays with 50,000 eggs for six months (incubation period), but when the eggs hatch, she is already dead from starvation or is too weak to fight off predators, so they kill her.
  • (No. 3: Female Elephant Seal) She puts on an extra 600 pounds while being pregnant, and starves until the pups are born.
  • (No. 4: Female Red-knobbed Hornbill) She must stay in a little cave with rambunctious young for three months.
  • (No. 5: Female Orangutan) She builds a bed every night for her and her youngster.
  • (No. 6: Female Cheetah) She teaches her rambunctious young how to hunt. Deals with bad kids for two years.
  • (No. 7: Female Polar Bear) She loses 30% of her bodyweight in hibernation.
  • (No. 8: Female Alligator) She keeps her young in her mouth while going over rivers to protect them from potential predators.
  • (No. 9: Female Koala) Feed its dung to young to keep them healthy.
  • (No. 10: Female Elephant) She gives birth to a 300 lb baby after a 22-month pregnancy.

Episode 15: Dads

  • (No. 1: Male Seahorse) The dad gives birth to the young.
  • (No. 2: Male 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: Male Giant African Bullfrog) It puts its young in its mouth to protect them from predators.
  • (No. 4: Male Jacana) Has to keep taking care of eggs, because the female squashes them.
  • (No. 5: Male Stickleback) Builds a house with kidney glue, and fans eggs with fins.
  • (No. 6: Male Rhea) It spends 40 days and nights looking after its eggs, and after that, spends two years taking care of them.
  • (No. 7: Male Giant Water Bug) Carries 700 young on its back.
  • (No. 8: Male Golden Jackal) Only animal known to babysit regularly.
  • (No. 9: Male Marsupial mouse) The male dies right after mating.
  • (No. 10: Male Lion) The male takes care of 20 cubs. Only 10 because of its laziness.

Episode 16: Venom

  • (No. 1: Box Jellyfish) The box jellyfish can kill you in less than ten minutes, and a drop of venom can kill 50 men.
  • (No. 2: Snake) One drop can kill three men.
  • (No. 3: Cone Snail) Paralyzes prey with venom.
  • (No. 4: Blue-ringed Octopus) One octopus can kill ten men.
  • (No. 5: Stonefish) Has 12 to 14 poisonous dorsal spines, which can sometimes cause a coma.
  • (No. 6: Scorpion) Scorpions kill over 1,000 people a year from venom.
  • (No. 7: Honey Bee) 300 bee stings can kill a human.
  • (No. 8: Gila Monster) Its teeth contain venom; the more it pierces, the more venom it puts into you.
  • (No. 9: Male Platypus) The male has a venomous spine.
  • (No. 10: Stingray) Dangerous when the stinger pierces your skin.

Episode 17: Disguises

  • (No. 1: Mimic Octopus) It uses disguise to fool a shark The mimic octopus can turn itself into a sea snake, lionfish, or a flounder.
  • (No. 2: Stick Insect) Can transform into what appears to be three different animals.
  • (No. 3: Leafy Sea Dragon) Camouflages itself into the background of algae.
  • (No. 4: Caterpillar) Some can disguise themselves as bird droppings.
  • (No. 5: Hog-nosed Snake) Tricks predators by playing dead and secreting a rancid smell that will even fool the hungriest flies.
  • (No. 6: Spider Crab) Its mobile home provides great camouflage.
  • (No. 7: Sea Snake) Creates an illusion to fool predators.
  • (No. 8: Arctic Fox) It has great natural camouflage for both the summer and winter to escape predators such as polar bears.
  • (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.

Episode 18: Swarms

  • (No. 1: Argentine Ant) Their empire stretches from Italy to Spain, containing millions of nests filled with billions of ants and they're all related.
  • (No. 2: Krill) One swarm can cover 173 square miles.
  • (No. 3: Locust) There can be up to 40 billion in a swarm.
  • (No. 4: Monarch Butterfly) 20,000 butterflies can be on a leaf, 220 million can be in a swarm and they can migrate 150,000,000,000 body lengths.
  • (No. 5: Jellyfish) Millions of jellyfish can swarm across Jellyfish Lake.
  • (No. 6: Red Crab) There can be up to 120 million individuals in a swarm to party.
  • (No. 7: Bat) 20 million bats can hang on the ceiling.
  • (No. 8: Raindeer) There can be three million raindeer in a herd.
  • (No. 9: Grunion) Thousands of them gather on beaches where their mating season occurs.
  • (No. 10: Mouse) Fast breeders; there can be 16 mice in a litter, which makes a swarm.

Episode 19: Body Parts

  • (No. 1: Giraffe) Giraffes have long necks, long legs, and long tongues.
  • (No. 2: Elephant) Elephants have long trunks, long tusks, and huge ears.
  • (No. 3: Giant Squid) This legendary sea monster has the largest eyes in the world.
  • (No. 4: Giant Anteater) It has a long sticky tongue for catching ants.
  • (No. 5: Male Fiddler Crab) The male has one big claw for fighting, and one small claw for eating.
  • (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) The male can have foot long canine teeth that can pierce into its skull.
  • (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.

Episode 20: 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 three times their own body weight in one day to survive.
  • (No. 2: Orca) 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 eight times bigger than they are.
  • (No. 4: Shark) The most infamous predator in the sea.
  • (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) Its web says it all.
  • (No. 8: Polar Bear) Its sensitive snout can catch the smell of a seal hiding under three feet of thick sea ice.
  • (No. 9: Archerfish) They spit water at their insect prey which can be eight feet high.
  • (No. 10: Crocodile) The perfect predator. However, they are only #10 because they can wait a year to attack.

Episode 21: Stinkers

  • (No. 1: Skunk) Their smell can temporarily blind you and can be smelt 1.5 miles away.
  • (No. 2: Giant Petrel) Their vomit smells horrible.
  • (No. 3: Millipede) One species smells so bad that it can kill a mouse.
  • (No. 4: Male Elephant) The male's musk smells like 1,000 goats in a pen.
  • (No. 5: Muskox) Its urine produces a smell so revolting it can water your eyes.
  • (No. 6: Hyena) They turn their anal patches into hyena butter.
  • (No. 7: Hooker's Sea Lion) Its breath smells horrible.
  • (No. 8: Male Hippopotamus) Males fling dung.
  • (No. 9: Vulture) It poops on its feet to keep cool on summer days.
  • (No. 10: Dog) They mark their territory by rolling in the mud.

Episode 22: Super Senses

Episode 23: Eaters

Episode 24: Daredevils

  • (No. 1: Baby Barnacle Goose) The babies jump off a cliff 300 feet at three days old in the mountains.
  • (No. 2: Male Bharal) Males fight in the mountains, where they could fall at any time.
  • (No. 3: Weddell Seal) They dive in 33 degrees water and stay there for minutes.
  • (No. 4: Click Beetle) Sends itself very high in the air by clicking. They experience over 100 times as much intensity than a cannonballer; that's 400g-forces!
  • (No. 5: Pelican) Dives in the water at 90 mph in places like Galveston, Texas.
  • (No. 6: Eagle) Performs a deadly dance to attract females.
  • (No. 7: Flying Snake) It jumps from tree to tree without any natural equipment. One mistake could be fatal.
  • (No. 8: Orangutan) Swings over 200 ft. high in the trees on a limb.
  • (No. 9: Sloth) Takes huge risks spending its life upside down.
  • (No. 10: Gecko) They cling to any surface, even upside-down ones.

Episode 25: Defenders

  • (No. 1: Killer Bee) The ultimate way to defend the hive to them is to use it's stinger, because when they use it; it will detach and they will bleed to death.
  • (No. 2: Termite Soldier) Termites are expected to defend the colony from Ants.
  • (No. 3: Dog) Will defend their masters to the death.
  • (No. 4: Tarantula) It shoots hairs on its back at predators.
  • (No. 5: Porcupine) Will have even the fiercest predators (such as lions and hyenas) running for their life from the porcupine's quills.
  • (No. 6: Horned Lizard) Squirts blood from its eyes.
  • (No. 7: Tomato Frog) Secretes glue to protect itself.
  • (No. 8: Turtle) The shell can protect it from something 200 times its own weight.
  • (No. 9: Moth Caterpillar) The larvae have a shell-like defense system great for going through fierce ant colonies.
  • (No. 10: Armadillo) It has armor-like plating to protect it from predators.

Episode 26: Oddities

  • (No. 1: Anglerfish) The male anglerfish lives attached to the female anglerfish, sometimes his entire life.
  • (No. 2: Platypus) They have the bill of a duck, the flippers of an otter and the tail of a beaver.
  • (No. 3: Aye-aye) They look like a collection of leftover body parts.
  • (No. 4: Hairy Frog) The only amphibian that grows hair.
  • (No. 5: Horseshoe Crab) Has a strange shell.
  • (No. 6: Emu) The emu does a bizarre dance.
  • (No. 7: Flying Fish) When frightened, it glides out of the water to get out of danger.
  • (No. 8: Sloth) Lives completely upside down and moves really slowly.
  • (No. 9: Stalk-eyed Fly) The male has strange eyes that stick out like sore thumbs.
  • (No. 10: Male Proboscis Monkey) The male has a weird, long nose.

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Episode 27: Gross Outs

  • (No. 1: Fly) It leaves enzymes (saliva) on the food it lands on.
  • (No. 2: Vulture) It eats the diseased and dead and vomits on its feet to keep cool.
  • (No. 3: Hagfish) Secretes slime constantly.
  • (No. 4: Sea Cucumber) Leaves behind a trail of dung wherever it goes.
  • (No. 5: Koala) Its young feeds on the mother's dung.
  • (No. 6: Tahr) Tahrs drink urine.
  • (No. 7: Golden Jackal) The dad vomits and feeds it to the kids.
  • (No. 8: Hippopotamus) The male spreads its feces everywhere with its tail.
  • (No. 9: Cattle) They produce a lot of methane by burping.
  • (No. 10: Giraffe) The giraffe picks its nose with its tongue and it drools.

Episode 28: Home Designers

  • (No. 1: Termite) Builds works that would be four times higher than the Empire State Building and can last over 100 years out of only dung, dirt and saliva.
  • (No. 2: Beaver) Builds huge dams that could support a family car.
  • (No. 3: Prairie Dog) Builds tunnels and rooms underground that all have their separate purpose.
  • (No. 4: Weaver Bird) Nest of straw can house 400 birds and weigh one ton!
  • (No. 5: Wasp) Builds a fortress of paper.
  • (No. 6: Cave Swiftlet) It has a slimy nest.
  • (No. 7: Spider) Weaves amazing webs five times stronger than steel.
  • (No. 8: Burying Beetle) Makes a home out of the dead for its young.
  • (No. 9: Decorator Crab) Mobile home is sea floor bits.
  • (No. 10: Parrotfish) Builds homes of snot and slime. Only #10 because they don't last very long.

Episode 29: Tough Babies

  • (No. 1: Baby Sand Tiger Shark) The babies fight, kill, and eat each other in the womb and only one shark pup survives.
  • (No. 2: Baby Hyena) Its mother will fight other mothers' to the death.
  • (No. 3: Baby Cuckoo) It switches babies with other birds and cuckoo chicks sometimes get rid of the competition.
  • (No. 4: Baby Tasmanian Devil) The mother can have up to thirty babies, but only four survive.
  • (No. 5: Baby Scorpion) The mother might eat them if they stay on her back for too long.
  • (No. 6: Baby Octopus) Raises itself in the murky depths of the dark and dangerous ocean.
  • (No. 7: Baby Torrent Duck) Jumps waterfalls at one day old just to keep up with its parents.
  • (No. 8: Baby Weddell Seal) Biggest temperature change experienced by any animal from the womb to the ice.
  • (No. 9: Baby Giraffe) The young giraffe has to survive a six-foot fall because the mother cannot bend down, and escape wild African predators.
  • (No. 10: Baby Orangutan) Hangs on its mother for dear life

Episode 30: 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) Parties in 140 degree pools of poison!
  • (No. 3: Wildebeest) They may be hunted by various predators while on their migration trail.
  • (No. 4: Garter Snake) There are 10,000 males fighting for one female.
  • (No. 5: Walrus) There are 7,000 males.
  • (No. 6: Stingray)
  • (No. 7: Grizzly Bear) A party that can really get out of hand.
  • (No. 8: Japanese Macaque) Literally the hottest pool party for monkeys to stay warm.
  • (No. 9: Kakapo) They use their call (the loudest of all bird calls) to attract a female, though with little success.
  • (No. 10: Wolf) Wolves have wild nights out hunting.

Episode 31: Monster Myths

  • (No. 1: Wolf) Their terrifying howls remind people of mythological werewolves.
  • (No. 2: Piranha) Despite their reputation as ferocious man-eating predators, piranhas rarely attack people. Instead, they eat vegetables and fruit. But sometimes eat carrion.
  • (No. 3: Vampire Bat) They would much rather feed on the blood of horses, donkeys, pigs and goats instead of humans', unlike their mythological, bloodthirsty vampire reputation.
  • (No. 4: Gorilla) Despite the 1933 film King Kong, the gorilla is actually a very gentle giant.
  • (No. 5: North Pacific Giant Octopus) The giant octopus is not a sea monster, and it can't sink ships to the bottom of the ocean.
  • (No. 6: Grizzly Bear) Despite the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, grizzly bears would much rather eat vegetation than human flesh. They kill only 3 people per year.
  • (No. 7: Great White Shark) Despite the film Jaws, Great White Sharks kill only 4 people a year. They would much rather prefer to eat big fish, seals, and sea lions, but sometimes mistake swimmers for tuna.
  • (No. 8: Tarantula) Despite it's frightening web, the tarantula kills only 4 to 5 people per year, and is very docile.
  • (No. 9: Anaconda) Anacondas cannot really grow to be 80 ft. long, like the giant serpents of myth and legend.
  • (No. 10: Alligator) Alligators don't really live in the sewers of New York. They would much rather prefer to live in the swamps of Florida. The sewers of New York are much too chilly for these large reptiles.

Episode 32: Killer Cats

Episode 33: Battle of the Sexes

  • (No. 1: Whiptail Lizard) All the male whiptail lizards are dead.
  • (No. 2: Praying Mantis) The male becomes the meal when mating.
  • (No. 3: Hyena) The weakest female is higher in class than the strongest male.
  • (No. 4: Naked Mole Rat) One queen controls hundreds of naked mole rats.
  • (No. 5: Baboon) Good guys don't always finish last.
  • (No. 6: Elephant) Females get males to fight for them.
  • (No. 7: Tasmanian Devil) After a while, the female kicks the male out of her burrow, preferring to raise the young herself rather than with the father of her children.
  • (No. 8: Lion) The male gets lazy, and the female does all the hunting.
  • (No. 9: Cichlid) Males can be 30 times bigger than a female. And in male vs. female comparison, it is the biggest male in the World
  • (No. 10: Elephant Seal) Males can be five times bigger than a female.

Episode 34: Troublemakers

  • (No. 1: Termite) The termite causes house destruction, costing billions of dollars yearly in the USA, and destroys on average 50 homes a year.
  • (No. 2: Beaver) All trees beware.
  • (No. 3: Dog) When bored, or unattended, they can get themselves into a lot of trouble.
  • (No. 4: Elephant) Wrecks trees in the evening.
  • (No. 5: Monkey) They steal coal to eat as antidote for toxic leaves.
  • (No. 6: Vulture) Can wreck roofs.
  • (No. 7: Bear) They destroy cars for the smallest amount of food.
  • (No. 8: Kea) They cause tens of thousands of dollars in damage a year from rental cars in New Zealand alone, and then some other items as well.
  • (No. 9: Male Elephant Seal) The male's size can be lethal for property.
  • (No. 10: Blue Penguin) They are loud, and their nests are under houses.

Episode 35: Big Mouths

  • (No. 1: Argentine horned frog) The mouth is 50% of body its length.
  • (No. 2: Viperfish) Its mouth makes up 30% of its body.
  • (No. 3: Right Whale) It has the biggest mouth of any animal. It's only #3, because, like the elephant, everything else on it is big as well.
  • (No. 4: Hippopotamus) Its jaw can extend 170 degrees.
  • (No. 5: Whale Shark) Massive mouth is 16% of its body length.
  • (No. 6: Crocodile) Its mouth makes up 15% of its body length.
  • (No. 7: Pelican) Its mouth is three times bigger than its stomach.
  • (No. 8: Snake) The Snake's jaws can open 150 degrees.
  • (No. 9: Giant Anteater) Its mouth may not be very wide, but its length definitely makes up for that barrier.
  • (No. 10: Elephant) 1% of body length (It's still big, but so is everything else)

Episode 36: 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. Shark gets a lure, copepod gets a home.
  • (No. 2: Tree Ant and Caterpillar) The caterpillar is the ant's bodyguard.
  • (No. 3: Tarantula and Frog) The frog lives in the damp cave, and lives under the protection of the tarantula, but it protects the Tarantulas egg sacs from ants and other predators.
  • (No. 4: Coyote and Badger) Coyotes and badgers occasionally work together to catch food, even though they don't usually share it.
  • (No. 5: Honeyguide and Ratel) The honeyguide finds the nest, while the ratel gets it, but then they split the share.
  • (No. 6: Pistol Shrimp and Goby) Pistol shrimp houses goby, goby protects and guides pistol shrimp.
  • (No. 7: Giraffe and Red-billed oxpecker) Red billed Oxpeckers pick ticks off giraffes. Giraffes gets groomed, The Red-billed Oxpecker gets dinner.
  • (No. 8: Hermit Crab and Sea Anemone) the Sea Anemone lives on the shell of the hermit crab, and then protects it from the octopus.
  • (No. 9: Shellfish and Bitterling) The bitterling lays it's eggs in the shellfish, because of the well oxegynated water.
  • (No. 10: Snapper and a type of parasitic crustacean)

Episode 37: Outrageous Flirts

Episode 38: Super Dogs This episode is a bit ironic in that rather than finding the strongest or most exceptional dogs, the episode focuses on which dogs are the least like their wolf ancestors

  • (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) It has a smashed face.
  • (No. 3: Retriever) It is so unselfish, that some have been reputed not to have taken any bite of their hunt for their master.
  • (No. 4: Maremma) It lives among sheep.
  • (No. 5: Border Collie) It herds sheep.
  • (No. 6: Jack Russell Terrier Digs underground for rodents.
  • (No. 7: St. Bernard) It is one of the strongest dogs in the world, being able to pull 6,000 lb!
  • (No. 8: Beagle) It has the best sense of smell of any dog.
  • (No. 9: Greyhound) It has become the fastest dog in the world, sprinting at 45 mph!
  • (No. 10: Dingo) It has changed little since its transformation began.

Episode 39: Killers

  • (No. 1: Female Mosquito) Despite their reputation as an annoying pest, no other animal kills more people than mosquitoes. A pregnant female mosquito can carry more than a hundred diseases and kill 2.7 million people each year. They are very small but very dangerous.
  • (No. 2: Snake) They kill 40,000 people a year, mostly in countries where shoes are rare, and healthcare is poor.
  • (No. 3: Killer Bee) They have taken 1,500 lives since their release in Brazil.
  • (No. 4: Crocodile) Two of the 21 species, the Nile Crocodile and the Saltwater Crocodile, take more than 1,000 lives a year.
  • (No. 5: Scorpion) A few species (mainly, the fattail scorpion) are deadly, taking 1,000 lives a year.
  • (No. 6: Elephant) Males kill 300 people a year; a bull elephant in musk is blamed for 80% of them.
  • (No. 7: Tiger) Tigers killed 80 a people a year when this episode was filmed, but that number rises every year.
  • (No. 8: Jellyfish) Jellyfish have taken an average of 55 lives a year.
  • (No. 9: Hyena) Hyenas have taken an average of 50 lives a year.
  • (No. 10: Great White Shark) Great white sharks kill 4 people a year.

Episode 40: Poison

Episode 41: Super Sharks

  • (No. 1: Hammerhead Shark) It has excellent vision, smell, and a sixth sense detecting electrical fields, pinpointing its general location in the ocean. It can also sense 1/1,000,000,000th of a volt, which is like a human sensing that a flashlight had turned on 1,000 miles away. This section of the show contained an appearance by notable hacker StankDawg.
  • (No. 2: Great White Shark) Smart, and its bite has been measured at 2,000 lbf/in².
  • (No. 3: Tiger Shark) Smart and can eat things like metal.
  • (No. 4: Mako Shark) Fastest shark.
  • (No. 5: Oceanic Whitetip Shark) Can smell in air and water.
  • (No. 6: Greenland Shark) It survives in colder temperatures than any other shark in the world.
  • (No. 7: Sand Tiger Shark) Uses mirrors to help see in the dark, and can reflect 90% of all colors.
  • (No. 8: Silky Shark) Hears from 1/4 of a mile away.
  • (No. 9: Angel Shark) It can disguise itself by hiding under the sea bed.
  • (No. 10: Whale Shark) Its mouth is a suction cup.

Episode 42: 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 seven times its size in blood.
  • (No. 4: Assassin Bug) It can suck more than six times its size in blood.
  • (No. 5: Leech) It can swallow five times its size in blood.
  • (No. 6: Mosquito) The female can drink one and a half times its size in blood.
  • (No. 7: Vampire Bat) It can drink the weight of its size in blood.
  • (No. 8: Candiru) They bite you in your most private parts and drink the blood.
  • (No. 9: Madrilenial Butterfly) This deadly butterfly drinks cattle blood in Spain.
  • (No. 10: Vampire Finch) It takes little bites into larger birds.

Episode 43: Athletes

  • (No. 1: Arctic Tern) Very persistent, flies 14,000 mi. in two months.
  • (No. 2: Sperm Whale) Can dive for over two hours.
  • (No. 3: Sailfish) Moves through the water at 68 mph.
  • (No. 4: Klipspringer) Very agile. It can jump 10 times its own body height.
  • (No. 5: Gorilla) Can lift the equivalent of two family cars.
  • (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 five feet from its bottom, equivalent to a human throwing dung 240 feet from its bottom.
  • (No. 8: Cheetah) Fastest land animal.
  • (No. 9: Muskox) Males would make great football stars, for they have built-in helmets.
  • (No. 10: Gannet) Built-in air bags for intense dives.

Episode 44: Deadly Snakes

Episode 45: Global Conquerors

  • (No. 1: Cockroach) Conquering the entire world since the dawn of time.
  • (No. 2: Rat) It lives everywhere in the world. 70,000,000 rats in New York City alone.
  • (No. 3: House Cat) It now lives everywhere in the world.
  • (No. 4: Cane Toad) It has invaded 39 countries.
  • (No. 5: Asian Tiger 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.

Episode 46: Movers

  • (No. 1: Scallop) It uses jet propulsion for locomotion.
  • (No. 2: Flying Snake) Uses only its body to glide through the air.
  • (No. 3: Sailfish) Moves through the water at 68 mph.
  • (No. 4: Peregrine Falcon) Fastest animal in the world. Can dive at 200 mph.
  • (No. 5: Kangaroo) The farther they hop, the less energy they burn.
  • (No. 6: Emperor Penguin) They waddle and slide for good purposes and can swim extremely fast.
  • (No. 7: Cheetah) Cheetahs are the fastest land animals.
  • (No. 8: Gibbon) Moves through the trees very gracefully at 35 mph.
  • (No. 9: Gecko) Can cling to all surfaces, even windows, upside down too.
  • (No. 10: Spider) Different types of moving depending on species. A species called Fishing Spider walks on water.

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Episode 47: Hissy Fits

  • (No. 1: Elephant) No other animal causes more carnage when angry, and no force can stop it when angry. Bull elephants take more than 300 lives annually while in musk.
  • (No. 2: Killer Bee) Mess with one, you mess with them all. There can be 30,000 bees in one hive.
  • (No. 3: Bear) Takes three lives a year from anger.
  • (No. 4: Rhinoceros) Destroys property when angry.
  • (No. 5: Tasmanian Devil) They are constantly fighting.
  • (No. 6: Honey Badger) Reputed to be the meanest animal in all of Africa.
  • (No. 7: Shrew) Temperamental women were called shrews for a reason.
  • (No. 8: Vicuna) Truly spitting rage. There are three different types of spit a vicuna can spit, each progressively more potent.
  • (No. 9: Male Ring-tailed Lemur) Throws stink bombs when angry.
  • (No. 10: Chameleon) Turns different colors to represent mood.

Episode 48: Living Dead

  • (No. 1: Water Bear) It can stay in suspended animation for as long as 120 years.
  • (No. 2: Burrowing Frog) It can stay in suspended animation for as long as seven years.
  • (No. 3: Lungfish) It can stay in suspended animation for as long as four years.
  • (No. 4: Weta) It can stay frozen for the winter.
  • (No. 5: Bear) It spends the winter in suspended animation.
  • (No. 6: Ant) One of the most complicated cycles in the animal kingdom happens to this animal sometimes. It can stay in suspended animation for as much as eight weeks. A liver fluke causes an ant to climb on a leaf, rabbits eat the ant, the fluke lays eggs that the rabbit drops, a snail eats eggs, coughs it up in the form of slime and ants eat it. The liver fluke is then back in the ant.
  • (No. 7: Earthworm) They are paralyzed by one of the only venomous mammals, the shrew. They can stay in suspended animation for three weeks.
  • (No. 8: Tarantula) They are paralyzed by a tarantula hawk and used as storage for its young. It can stay in suspended animation for as much as two weeks.
  • (No. 9: Opossum) If there is any threat, it acts like a hog-nosed snake, but it can play dead for a lot longer, up to six hours.
  • (No. 10: Hog-nosed Snake) It isn't as tough as its larger cousins, so if all else fails, it goes into a state of suspended animation for a few minutes and sets off a rancid stench as if it were dead.

Episode 49: 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 two hours. The sperm whale can dive deeper than any other marine mammal.
  • (No. 2: Weddell Seal) It can hold its breath for 90 minutes.
  • (No. 3: Marine Iguana) It can hold its breath for 1 hour.
  • (No. 4: Emperor Penguin) It can hold its breath for 25 minutes.
  • (No. 5: Hippopotamus) It can hold its breath for 20 minutes.
  • (No. 6: Diving Bell Spider) Spends whole life underwater but breathes through an air hole.
  • (No. 7: Dugong) Can dive for eight minutes.
  • (No. 8: Sea Otter) Dives for six minutes.
  • (No. 9: Galapagos Cormorant) Dives for 4 1/2 minutes,
  • (No. 10: Elephant) It can dive for a few seconds, as its trunk is used as a snorkel.

Episode 50: Dieters

  • (No. 1: Tick) It can survive up to one year without eating.
  • (No. 2: Salmon) While going upstream to their spawning grounds, it has no choice but to go nine months without eating.
  • (No. 3: Bear) Since it hibernates, it can survive seven months without eating.
  • (No. 4: Honeypot Ant) It can survive six months without eating.
  • (No. 5: Female Right Whale) Since the whale pup would die in the cold Antarctic waters, the mother must travel 4,000 miles north without any food at all. It can survive four months without eating.
  • (No. 6: Male Emperor Penguin) While the females are thriving on fish and krill, the dads are raising their young in the harsh Antarctic landscape, where it must go 90 days without eating.
  • (No. 7: Female Weddell Seal) When it has a newborn pup, the mother must go without eating for three weeks.
  • (No. 8: Camel) If it has a full hump, it can survive for 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.

Episode 51: 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) Its whistle can be 180 decibels loud.
  • (No. 3: Herring The herring talks by blowing bubbles out of its bottom.
  • (No. 4: Bat) It actually is an extremely loud animal. Their calls are just too high-pitched for us to hear.
  • (No. 5: Cicada) Cicadas are the loudest insects in the world.
  • (No. 6: Elephant) Could drown out a jackhammer.
  • (No. 7: Howler Monkey) Howler monkeys are the loudest monkeys in the world. Their calls can be heard from over 10 miles away.
  • (No. 8: Wolf) Their howl can be heard ten miles away on a clear night.
  • (No. 9: Male Kakapo) Low pitched love call. Can be heard three miles away.
  • (No. 10: Alligator) Calls are too low-pitched for humans to hear.

Episode 52: Appendages

  • (No. 1: Female Anglerfish) The female anglerfish has sexual organs that are really males fused to her body. They also act as a fishing lure.
  • (No. 2: Mussel)
  • (No. 3: Nudibranch)
  • (No. 4: Lizard) Its tail can grow back.
  • (No. 5: Spider Monkey) Long arms and tail.
  • (No. 6: Star-nosed Mole) The nose has many tentacle-like appendages and the nose's sense of touch can be six times that of a normal mole.
  • (No. 7: Elephant) Long, strong, flexible, useful nose that can grab tools.
  • (No. 8: Dragonfly Nymph) Bottom jaw shoots forward and hooks prey.
  • (No. 9: Snail) It has strange teeth called a radula.
  • (No. 10: Chameleon) Long tongue that can extend 13 ft. and move at 13 mph!

Episode 53: City Slickers

Episode 54: Transformers

  • (No. 1:Ribeoria) Starts in a heron which poops out the ribeoria eggs which go in and out of a Snail, goes into a tadpole, the tadpole turns into a frog, and it makes the frog grow extra limbs, which is a sitting duck for herons, where the ribeoria lays eggs and the cycle starts all over again.
  • (No. 2: Giant Prickly Stick Insect) It undergoes three transformations into ants, scorpions and leaves.
  • (No. 3: Caterpillar) Transforms into a Butterfly.
  • (No. 4: Sea Squirt) Starts as a Tadpole-like creature, then, by losing its brain and limbs, it becomes a vegetable on the sea floor.
  • (No. 5: Tiger Salamander) They can be Plankton eaters or carnivores from the weather.
  • (No. 6: Female Wrasse) Can change sex to become a male.
  • (No. 7: Flatfish) Eyes change from one side of the body to the other side to become flat.
  • (No. 8: Female Naked Mole Rat) Can stretch its stomach by choice when pregnant.
  • (No. 9: Octopus) Can change shape, color & skin texture in one second.
  • (No. 10: Arctic Fox) Can disguise itself in two different coats, one for the summer and one for the winter.

Episode 55: Workaholics

  • (No. 1: Honey Bee) Some bees work their whole life and never have a break. They can fly 55,000 miles, the equivalent of flying around the world twice.
  • (No. 2: Leafcutter Ant) Gets leaves, adds poop and saliva, puts fungus on leaves, then distributes it among the colony.
  • (No. 3: Cleaner Wrasse) Rests at night, is on 12 hr. patrol.
  • (No. 4: Megapode) It digs a compost heap.
  • (No. 5: Beaver) Chomp down trees all fall. #5 because it spends the winter break underwater.
  • (No. 6: Lioness) Hunts, and takes care of the cubs, so the girls work in groups.
  • (No. 7: African Wild Dog) Does lots of hunting. One of the most efficient predators, having an 80% strike rate!
  • (No. 8: Male Bowerbird) Works day and night for a long time to create love shacks. in the tropical rainforests of Australia.
  • (No. 9: Male Emperor Penguin) Spends the long cold winter working.
  • (No. 10: Spraying Characin) Lay eggs on land, sprays water at eggs every minute for four days.

Episode 56: Slime Balls

  • (No. 1: Banana Slug) It uses slime for defense, motion, and a bungee cord to get down.
  • (No. 2: Limpet) Uses glowing slime to distract predators.
  • (No. 3: New Zealand Glowworm) Uses slime to lure cave animals into its clutches.
  • (No. 4: Spittlebug) Slime is a protection from the sun's rays and most predators.
  • (No. 5: Larvacea) Lives in and fishes with slime, and builds a slime home every 24 hours.
  • (No. 6: Snail) Slime for motion and defense.
  • (No. 7: Hedgehog) Licks wood, and spreads it all over its body to smell like the wood. However, scientists are still debating over the reasons.
  • (No. 8: Toad) Covers itself in mucus for a short time. The mucus is a highly pharmaceutical concoction, anti-fungal, anti-viral.
  • (No. 9: Cave Swiftlet) Nest of slime for their chicks, built in the roofs of caves
  • (No. 10: Hagfish) Slime for defense.

Episode 57: Animal Myths

  • (No. 1: Lemming) Lemmings commit suicide. False...absolutely.
  • (No. 2: Earwig) Earwigs live in your ears. False...completely.
  • (No. 3: Camel) Camels store water in their humps. False.
  • (No. 4: Chicken) Hen's teeth are rare. False...when young.
  • (No. 5: Dog) You can't teach an old dog new tricks. False...if you work at 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...partly.
  • (No. 10: Elephant) An elephant has an amazing memory. True.

Episode 58: Gourmets

  • (No. 1: Honey Bee) It makes honey. It's an animal that puts the most effort in producing its food for the coming winter, covering millions of miles and collecting pollen from thousands of flowers.
  • (No. 2: Arctic Fox) Buries leftovers in the snow, which acts as a giant freezer.
  • (No. 3: Leafcutter Ant) Gets leaves, adds feces and saliva, grows fungus on the mixture, then distributes it among the colony to produce an edible fungi.
  • (No. 4: Burying Beetle) Can transform an animal carcass, such as a small mammal, and turn it into a preserved meatball, and turns it into a home in 12 hours. If there is a shortage of food, the parents eat their babies.
  • (No. 5: Male Nursery Web Spider) If male's meal isn't good, female eats male.
  • (No. 6: Shrike) Uses thorns as a knife and fork.
  • (No. 7: Egyptian Vulture) Uses a rock to break an Ostrich egg.
  • (No. 8: Red Squirrel) Loves maple syrup. Believed to have introduced maple syrup idea to the Iroquois.
  • (No. 9: Japanese Macaque) Washes food in ocean water before eating it.
  • (No. 10: Crocodile) They use the "death roll" in order to rip their food, due to being unable to shew their food.

Episode 59: Diggers

  • (No. 1: Termite) Builds mounds taller than a Giraffe, using only dirt, dung, and saliva.
  • (No. 2: Mole) Can shift ten lb of dirt in 20 minutes.
  • (No. 3: Earthworm) Can dig 12 ft. underground (one earthworm is 15 ft. long).
  • (No. 4: Meerkat) Can have 70 entrances to its underground home.
  • (No. 5: Male Mole Cricket) They make their own underground stereo system.
  • (No. 6: Badger) First contender to connect underground tunnels that were dug.
  • (No. 7: Woodpecker) Beak can peck 20 times a second and 12,000 times a day into a tree.
  • (No. 8: Ant-Lion) Lures ants into its sand crater to paralyze, then it sucks the ant dry.
  • (No. 9: Carmine Bee-Eater) Digs eight ft. in mid-air.
  • (No. 10: Scabie Mite) Digs into our skin 1/8 of an inch.

Episode 60: Weird Weapons

Episode 61: Cleaners

  • (No. 1: Japanese Macaque) Besides humans, Japanese macaques are the only animals known to clean their food before they eat it, and they groom each other constantly.
  • (No. 2: Cleaner Shrimp) Cleans almost everything in the tank. Unlike Finding Nemo in the movie the cleaner shrimp cleans the tank.
  • (No. 3: Ant) Groom themselves more than any other animal.
  • (No. 4: Sponge) uses chemicals to filter sea water.
  • (No. 5: Yellow-bellied Sea Snake) Ties itself in a knot to clean off parasites.
  • (No. 6: Red-billed Oxpecker) Cleans ticks off Giraffes.
  • (No. 7: Dung Beetle) Cleans dung off the ground.
  • (No. 8: Pig) Cleans itself in mud.
  • (No. 9: Fly) Scrubs itself after every bite of a meal.
  • (No. 10: Sloth) Least efficient cleaner/covered in moths or other animals.

Episode 62: Pirates

  • (No. 1: Amazon Ant) They steal other species of ants as "slaves".
  • (No. 2: Assassin Bug) Uses disguises as part of termite mound to be a pirate. Gives no quarter.
  • (No. 3: Sabre-toothed Blenny) Disguises itself as a fish to get close to fish to attack.
  • (No. 4: Baboon) Steals food from humans.
  • (No. 5: Hyena) Steals food from lions.
  • (No. 6: Kea) Rips up nests of other birds.
  • (No. 7: Argyrodes) Steals food from other spiders.
  • (No. 8: Squirrel) Fakes digging acorns to fool thieving rivals.
  • (No. 9: Dung Beetle) Steals dung from other beetles.
  • (No. 10: Frigate Bird) Mugs birds' catches in mid-air.

Episode 63: Gardeners

  • (No. 1: Lemon Ant) Their garden can be 14,000 sq. feet and 800 years old using Herbecine.
  • (No. 2: Jellyfish) Garden grows inside them & takes care of garden their whole life.
  • (No. 3: Termite) Grows Fungus inside castle from leaves to eat.
  • (No. 4: Hypsi) Buries fruit. If the hypsi forgets about it, it grows into plant.
  • (No. 5: Gorilla) Trims trees.
  • (No. 6: Giraffe) Changes trees by eating so the shape changes.
  • (No. 7: Female Fig Wasp)
  • (No. 8: Male Thynnine Wasp)
  • (No. 9: Earthworm) Creates compost by pooping, for roots to collect to reproduce.
  • (No. 10: Mistletoe Bird) Creates mistletoe by eating seeds then pooping them out.

Episode 64: Freeloaders

Episode 65: Awesome Ancestors

Episode 66: Fashion Disasters

  • (No. 1: Moose) Their antlers when interlocked, can bring targets to predators and/or death to each other.
  • (No. 2: Male Babirusa) Their upper tusks can go through their skull.
  • (No. 3: Male Sage Grouse) The male's air sacs attracted not only females, but also eagles.
  • (No. 4: Male Guppy)Their bright colors and spots attracted females, but predators too.
  • (No. 5: Lion) The darker the mane, the more females he attracts, but the higher the chance he can overheat.
  • (No. 6: White Bengal Tiger) White doesn't go well with surviving in Nature.
  • (No. 7: Peacock) The larger the tail feathers, the worse they fly, and the easier the target for predators.
  • (No. 8: Male Fiddler Crab) It's hard to escape from danger when you have an arm five times bigger than the other.
  • (No. 9: Porcupine) Their needles can stick themselves.
  • (No. 10: Lake Titicaca Frog) Built-in swim suit is good for being in water but not out of water for too long in Lake Titicaca.

[edit] Season 5

Episode 67: Inventors

Episode 68: Nightlights

  • (No. 1: Anglerfish) They have to be bright to survive in the eternally dark and murky depths of the deep sea.
  • (No. 2: Glowworm) Glowing slime to catch prey in caves.
  • (No. 3: Flashlight Fish) Cheeks glow.
  • (No. 4: Sea Firefly) Uses neon to find a mate, and if swallowed, its nightlight makes the predator spit it out.
  • (No. 5: Firefly) Butt lights up.
  • (No. 6: Cookie-cutter Shark) The way that the sunrays reflect off them can make them appear invisible.
  • (No. 7: Limpet) Emits lights out of its mouth when threatened.
  • (No. 8: Budgie) Glows when aroused under UV light.
  • (No. 9: Scorpion) Glows under ultraviolet light.
  • (No. 10: Wolf) Eyes glow in the dark.

Episode 69: Leaders

  • (No. 1: Termite) One queen rules over five million of her offspring. 20,000 times bigger than her subjects. Only female able to lay eggs. Controls subjects with pheromones.
  • (No. 2: Bee) One queen rules over 20,000-40,000 individuals. Mates with about 12 different males. Controls by releasing pheromones.
  • (No. 3: Naked Mole Rat) One queen rules over 300 naked mole rats. Everybody has to follow her. Prevents subjects from mating using smells.
  • (No. 4: Elephant Seal) The alpha male will fight to mate with up to 30+ females.
  • (No. 5: Elephant) Female rules 30 other elephants.
  • (No. 6: Gorilla) One male can rule over 20 females and kids.
  • (No. 7: Lion) The alpha male is often referred to as "king of the jungle".
  • (No. 8: Kea) The only bird that has an organized flock and a leader.
  • (No. 9: Wrasse) After the lead male dies, a female can change its sex in just eight days to become leader; male rules over 12 wrasse.
  • (No. 10: Wolf) The alpha male and female fight bloody battles in order to become the top dog. After that, their pack is cleverly organized and the top dog can lead anywhere from five to ten individuals. The alpha male is clearly the leader; if anybody confronts the alpha male, a bloody battle will be fought.

Episode 70: Medics

  • (No. 1: Salamander) If a shallow-water salamander is decapitated by a boat propeller, it can regrow its own limbs. This is a scenario more common than one might think.
  • (No. 2: Wallaby) Wallabies produce their own antibiotic healers.
  • (No. 3: Bear) Scientists still can't figure out why, but when bears hibernate, they don't urinate, their excess body fat doesn't cause them heart disease and they never respond to the outside world until they wake up. It still baffles scientists today.
  • (No. 4: Chimpanzee) Chimpanzees eat rolled-up leaves to flush tapeworms out of their bowels. When they groom each other, they can remove parasites, such as ticks and lice, from each other's skin.
  • (No. 5: Elephant) Elephant mothers can eat special leaves while pregnant. Subsequently, they give birth to healthier calves.
  • (No. 6: Monkey) Eats charcoal to fight infection.
  • (No. 7: Macaw) Macaws eat clay to fight infection.
  • (No. 8: Sheep) Sheep recognize certain types of leaves to have healing properties. Thus, they can cure their own illness.
  • (No. 9: Lemur) Lemurs rub millipedes on themselves so as to cover their fur with hydrogen cyanide to ward off insects.
  • (No. 10: Eagle) Certain species of eagles place insect repellent leaves in their nests to ward off insects.

Episode 71: Freaky Fliers

  • (No. 1: Spider) Spiders have their own extreme way of flying referred to as ballooning. They release a bubble-like secretion and rely on only the mercy of the wind to bring them to safety. They can land a neighbor away, or on a ship 1,000 miles off the mainland. Some spiders have been reputed by airline pilots) to have been sailing in the jet stream at 14,000 ft.
  • (No. 2: Bat) For ages, people have been fooled thinking that bats have wings. They don't. Instead, they propel themselves through the air by using their fingers and the stretched skin that provides assistance of their flying.
  • (No. 3: Flying Fish) When flying fish are threatened by marine predators, such as sharks, they propel themselves out of the water at roughly 35 mph and can sail above the sea for 30 seconds at a time, over 400 yd. long glides.
  • (No. 4: Colugo) They can glide 100+ yds.
  • (No. 5: Flying Snake) Even though it has no limbs, they can glide 100 yds. through the air.
  • (No. 6: Flying Squirrel) It stretches its skin out and can glide well over 50 yds. through the air.
  • (No. 7: Tree Frog) It uses its webbed feet to glide 50 yds. through the air.
  • (No. 8: Gibbon) It's the perfect acrobat, and it can jump over 15 yds. to get from tree to tree.
  • (No. 9: Gliding Ant) They can glide 10 yds. through the air.
  • (No. 10: Flying dragon) They can fly 8 yds. through the air.

Episode 72: Bodysnatchers

  • (No. 1: Toxoplasma) Is smaller than a cell, yet invades any single predatory body, including humans. To steer clear of this mad parasite, one should stay away from cold meat. It can also increase one's chances of being affiliated with car-related accidents.
  • (No. 2: Tapeworm) Invades the bodies of Stickleback, Copepod, and Heron, and can grow to be the size of the Stickleback.
  • (No. 3: Hydatic Tapeworm) They not only affect humans, but are in a cycle affiliated with mooses and wolves. The moose is the victim, as it can die from the parasite attacking its heart, liver, and lungs.
  • (No. 4: Phorid Fly) Injects its larvae into ants, and the maggots cause the ants' heads to fall off.
  • (No. 5: Cuckoo) They con reed warblers into thinking that the eggs are theirs by disguising them. The chick ends up being ten times larger than its adopting parents.
  • (No. 6: Emperor Penguin) The moms whose babies die steal other moms' babies.
  • (No. 7: Amazon Ant) They steal other ants' eggs.
  • (No. 8: Driver Ant) Females kidnap males and rip his wings off so the queen can mate.
  • (No. 9: Zebra) The only time in the countdown when body snatching is a good thing for the victim. If a zebra is snatched, it can help start a new family.
  • (No. 10: Botfly) Gets mosquitos to lay their eggs in humans.

Episode 73: Crazy Collectors

  • (No. 1: Pack Rat) Collects practically any object for its nest. If it steals something, it usually replaces it with something else. Nests are valuable resources because numerous generations will use the middens, but actually last for thousands of years, allowing paleontologists to further study about the past. Collects plants, rocks, bones, and dung. Collects bones from Woolly Mammoths, Saber-toothed Cats, and Giant Ground Sloths, 3 prehistoric animals.
  • (No. 2: Male Bowerbird) This fanatic home decorator collects various objects for a bower to attract a female. Every species collects different objects, favoring traits like color, shape, and texture. May spend up to ten months rearranging its collection.
  • (No. 3: Arctic Fox) During winter, it eats food it collects prior to winter. Collects and buries mostly snow geese eggs, but also stores small birds and mammals, like rabbits.
  • (No. 4: Acorn Woodpecker) Collects acorns to store over winter. Pecks holes in trees just the right size to store the acorn tightly. One woodpecker had 50,000 acorns.
  • (No. 5: Mole) Collects and stores earthworms so that it always has something to eat. One Mole had 400 worms.
  • (No. 6: Male Cichlid) One particular species collects empty snail shells, which turn out to be houses in his harem to attract females. Sometimes, cichlids will even steal from neighboring cichlids.
  • (No. 7: Mud Dauber Wasp) Collects mouthfuls of mud and molds them into coffin-like structures. Captures spiders and places them in the coffins so the wasp eggs have something to eat when hatching.
  • (No. 8: Burrowing Owl) Collects random debris for its nest, like paper, foam rubber, and garbage, but it has a fondness for dung, especially that of bison, so it can attract dung beetles, the owl's favorite food.
  • (No. 9: Pika) Since it does not hibernate, a pika collects lots of grass. Dried grass doesn't rot, so it's the perfect way to store food in the winter. It is #9 because it can make more than a dozen trips an hour.
  • (No. 10: Magpie) Collects shiny objects, like coins, golf balls, foil, and bottle caps.

Episode 74: Gadgets

  • (No. 1: Chimpanzee) It uses 19 different tools, like sticks to catch fish with, and uses rocks hammers. It sometimes uses human tools.
  • (No. 2: Crow) It uses a stick to get at larvae living in small holes, and it's been reputed to have bent metal for beneficial purposes.
  • (No. 3: Orangutan) It can manufacture a variety of tools, like a leaf to get out of the rain, uses leaf as a straw to drink the rain, and uses a stick to get honey from bees.
  • (No. 4: Woodpecker Finch) It uses part of a cactus spine or a twig in order to get dinner.
  • (No. 5: Elephant) Its trunk comes in useful for a lot of things, such as knocking down a tree or picking up a coin.
  • (No. 6: Green Heron) Since they have relatively short legs, they use bread hand-outs to act as a lure to lure fish.
  • (No. 7: Female Digger Wasp) Lays eggs underground, and she seals the passage with pebbles, so predators will not harm her baby.
  • (No. 8: Egyptian Vulture) It uses rocks to break open ostrich eggs.
  • (No. 9: Dolphin) It uses sponges to escape one of the sea's most venomous animals, the stone fish.
  • (No. 10: Sea Otter) It uses rocks or stone objects to break open mollusk shells.

Episode 75: Psychics

  • (No. 1: Ladybug) Ladybugs can predict the weather six months in advance. True.
  • (No. 2: Elephant) Elephants can predict tsunamis. True...thanks to infrasound.
  • (No. 3: Leech) Leeches can predict storms. True...thanks to oxygen.
  • (No. 4: Shark) Sharks can predict hurricanes. True...thanks to pressure.
  • (No. 5: Dog) Dogs have extrasensory perception. True...compared to our senses.
  • (No. 6: Cat) Cats can predict electric storms. True.
  • (No. 7: Groundhog) Groundhogs can predict spring. True...partially.
  • (No. 8: Pigeon) Pigeons can predict earthquakes. Maybe.
  • (No. 9: Cow) Cows can predict rain. False...mostly.
  • (No. 10: Beetle) Beetles can predict death. False.

Episode 76: Dirty Jobs

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