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Nature's Most Extreme Swarms
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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. | Army ant) |
| 2. | Krill) One swarm can cover 173 square miles. |
| 3. | Locust) There can be up to 40 billion in a swarm. |
| 4. | Monarch Butterfly) 20,000 butterflies can be on a leaf. 20 million can be in a swarm. And they can migrate 150,000,000,000 body lengths. |
| 5. | Jellyfish) Millions of jellyfish can swarm across Jellyfish Lake. |
| 6. | Red crab) There can be up to 120 million individuals in a swarm to party. |
| 7. | Bat) 20 million bats can hang on the ceiling. |
| 8. | Caribou) There can be three million caribou in a herd. |
| 9. | Grunion)Thousands of them gather on beaches where their mating season occurs. |
| 10. | Mouse) Fast breeders; there can be 16 mice in a litter, which makes a swarm. |
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