Print
This List
Email to
a Friend
Nature's Most Extreme Eaters
TOP # 
Tags: extreme, animals, nature, planet, Discovery, Animal Planet, TV, show, most extreme, top 10, eaters
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. | Vulture) The vulture eats anthrax, botulism, and cholera. |
| 2. | Meerkat) They eat scorpions. |
| 3. | Poison Dart Frog) They eat poisonous ants. |
| 4. | Dung beetle) They eat dung. |
| 5. | Cleaner wrasse) They eat parasites from other fishes' mouths. |
| 6. | Dust mite) They eat human dead skin. |
| 7. | Parrotfish) They eat rocks. |
| 8. | Macaw) They eat clay. |
| 9. | Termite) They eat wood. |
| 10. | Sloth) The leaves they eat contain a kind of poison, but it's not very toxic. |
Lister:
ListAfterList Wiki Contributors
Source:
Animal Planet
Other lists of interest:
Current list rating:
5.00
|
Rocks? Parrotfish eat Rocks!? that is crazy nutsy
Comment by: Ryan Pratt Awesome factoids about the strangeness of nature.
Comment by: danj585
|
|
|