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Nature's Most Extreme Bloodsuckers
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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. | Tick) It can devour 600 times its own body size in blood! |
| 2. | Flea) It can suck blood 15 times its size. |
| 3. | Bedbug) It can suck more than seven times its size in blood. |
| 4. | Assassin bug) It can suck more than six times its size in blood. |
| 5. | Leech) It can swallow five times its size in blood. |
| 6. | Mosquito) The female can drink one and a half times its size in blood. |
| 7. | Vampire Bat) It can drink the weight of its size in blood. |
| 8. | Candiru) They bite you in your most private parts and drink the blood. |
| 9. | Madrilenial Butterfly) They drink cattle blood in Spain. |
| 10. | Vampire Finch) It takes little bites into larger birds. |
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