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Nature's Most Extreme Dieters
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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 survive 18 years without eating! |
| 2. | Salmon) While going upstream to their spawning grounds, it has no choice but to go nine months without eating. |
| 3. | Bear) Since it hibernates, it can survive seven months without eating. |
| 4. | Honeypot ant It can survive six months without eating. |
| 5. | Right whale (female)) 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. |
| 6. | Emperor penguin (male)) While the females are thriving off of fish and krill, the dads are raising their young in the harsh Antarctic landscape, where it must go 90 days without eating. |
| 7. | Weddell seal (female) When it has a newborn pup, the mother must go without eating for three weeks. |
| 8. | Camel) If it has a full hump, it can survive for two weeks without eating. |
| 9. | Shrew) It has to eat three times its own weight or starve. |
| 10. | Hummingbird) It can eat 60 meals a day without getting fat due to fast metabolism. |
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