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Nature's Most Extreme Defenders
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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. | Bee) |
| 2. | Termite) soldier termites are expected to defend the colony from Ants. |
| 3. | Dog) Will defend their masters to the death. |
| 4. | Tarantula)It shoots hairs on its back at predators. |
| 5. | Porcupine) Will have even the fiercest predators (such as lions and hyenas) running for their life from the porcupine's quills. |
| 6. | Horned Lizard) Squirts blood from its eyes. |
| 7. | Tomato Frog) Secretes glue to protect itself. |
| 8. | Turtle) The shell can protect it from something 200 times its own weight. |
| 9. | Moth) The larvae have a shell-like defense system great for going through fierce ant colonies. |
| 10. | Armadillo) It has armor-like plating to protect it from predators. |
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