page_title: The Most Extreme
section_title: Season 1
hierarchical_section_title: The Most Extreme / Episodes / Season 1
caption_attribution_description: English: Scolex of the rodent tapeworm Hymenolepis microstoma
context_page_description: The Most Extreme is a documentary television series on the American cable television network Animal Planet. It first aired on July 7, 2002. Each episode focuses on a specific animal feature, such as strength, speed, behavior, anatomy, or diet, and examines and ranks ten animals that portray extreme or unusual examples of that quality. The rankings serve only to give a broad depiction; a scientifically rigorous procedure is not employed to quantify them. For instance, the episode that focuses on the greatest jumpers suggests that the klipspringer can jump 7.6 m high. However, the figure in meters is more likely to be the correct figure for feet, which should be 2.3 m.
  Along with each animal on the countdown, each episode presents a computer-animated segment which compares the animal's ability with something equivalent in humans, followed by an interview segment with people who share some common trait. For example, in "Super Sharks", the animal ranked #1 was the hammerhead shark, for its extreme senses of vision and smell, along with its ability to sense voltages as small as a half-billionth of a volt.
caption: Parasitic worms, like this tapeworm, are among the most horrific animals of the world, according to episode 9.
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