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Nature's Most Extreme Jumpers
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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 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.
| 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 & twice the height of the Statue of Liberty! The flea can jump higher than any other animal in the world. |
| 2. | Tree Frog) Some species can jump 150 times their own length. That's the equivalent of a human jumping over the RMS Titanic! |
| 3. | Jumping spider) It can jump 100 times it own length, equivalent to us jumping over two jumbo jets. |
| 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! |
| 5. | Kangaroo Rat) It can jump 45 times its body length. If they were as large as us, they could clear a football field. |
| 6. | Red Kangaroo) It is a very fast jumper, moving at 35 mph. |
| 7. | Grasshopper) It jumps 20 times its own body length. They could clear a basketball court if they were as large as us. |
| 8. | Bharal) They have to be good jumpers to fight on the edge of steep cliffs and their hoofs are built for it. |
| 9. | Mexican jumping bean) A caterpillar inside it makes it jump |
| 10. | Hare) They could beat the best Olympic jumpers. |
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