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Nature's Most Extreme Gourmets
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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. | Honey bee It makes honey. |
| 2. | Arctic Fox) Buries leftovers in the snow, which acts as a giant freezer |
| 3. | Leafcutter Ant) Gets leaves, adds feces and saliva, grows fungus on the mixture, then distributes it among the colony. |
| 4. | Burying Beetle) Can transform dung into a home in 12 hours. If there is a shortage of food, the parents eat their babies! |
| 5. | Nursery web spider (male) If male's meal isn't good, female eats male. |
| 6. | Shrike) Uses thorns as a knife and fork. |
| 7. | Egyptian Vulture) Uses a rock to break an Ostrich egg. |
| 8. | Red Squirrel) Loves maple syrup. |
| 9. | Japanese Macaque) Washes food in ocean water before eating it. |
| 10. | Crocodile) They use the "death roll" in order to rip their food. |
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Definitely has an "Eeewu" factor
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