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Nature's Most Extreme Survivors
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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. | 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. |
| 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. |
| 3. | 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! |
| 4. | Polar Bear) They can survive the winter without answering to the call of nature. |
| 5. | Giant 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. |
| 6. | Cockroach) It can survive heavy doses of radiation, poison and nine days without its head. |
| 7. | Mountain Goat) It thrives in areas of 15,000 ft without getting sick. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 10. | Camel) It can lose water weighing more than 40% of body weight, and can live without drinking water for eight days. |
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