Ultimate Animal Countdown

Ultimate Animal Countdown

Synopsis

The ultimate search for the most amazing animals on the planet. Each episode explores one of the big issues in the natural world: food or fighting, swarms or sex. It takes twenty of the most extreme animal exponents and ranks them from wild to wildest to find the most extraordinary behavior.

Episodes

Season 1
  • Lethal Weapons

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    Fearsome teeth and claws are standard issue for many animals, but a small band of elite warriors have upgraded their natural armaments.

  • Venom

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    A single drop of venom contains agony, destruction, and death. Poison is a terrifying weapon for attack or defense. Were analysing the venom of ten lethal injections, counting down to find the creature with the most dangerous venom on the planet. From fearsome fangs to shocking stings, we break through the pain barrier to discover the creature using the ultimate venom. This is biological warfare...gone wild.

  • Swarms

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    Animals find strength in numbers: swarms of hundreds, thousands, millions, and billions. Whether creatures are feeding or fighting, moving or mating, the results are the same: it pays not to mess with the mob. From ferocious dinner parties to plagues of Biblical proportion, we're counting down the top ten ultimate swarms in the natural world to discover that sometimes size really does matter. This is global swarming…gone wild.

  • Smelliest

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    Some animals stink. From hyena butter to hydrogen cyanide, we're counting down the ultimate top ten smelliest animals in the natural world to find who lets rip with the world's wildest whiffs.

  • Fighters

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    Real rumbles in the jungle have no rules, no referee, and no one's saved by the bell. We're going head to head with the ultimate top ten warrior males in the natural world to discover whose fights last longest.

  • Daredevils

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    Human daredevils are addicted to adrenaline: the greater the risk - the bigger the rush. But some animals put their lives on the line every day; not for fun - but survival. We're counting down the ultimate top ten animal adrenaline junkies to find who takes the biggest risks, leaving bodies bent, broken, or dead. From free-wheeling salamanders to BASE jumping barnacle geese; buckle up - it's going to be a wild ride on the Ultimate Animal Countdown.

  • Sex

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    From lonely virgins to outright predators, a look at some of the uses to which the animal kingdom puts sex.

  • Defenders

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    Some animals die hard, using body armor and bodyguards; barricades and bombs. It's an evolutionary arms race between the eaters and the eaten. We're counting down the ultimate top ten defenders in the natural world to find the animal with the most sophisticated security systems. Discover you're not paranoid if the world really is out to eat you, on the Ultimate Animal Countdown.

  • Survivors

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    Are you a survivor; capable of coping with crashes, cataclysms, and catastrophes? Even the hardest humans are wimps compared to the toughest creatures on the planet. Were counting down the ultimate top ten survivors in the natural world to find the animal with the most extraordinary endurance.

  • Attack

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    When good animals go bad, either get out of the way - or die. We're counting down the top ten ultimate animal attackers to find who creates the most carnage. By analysing the assaults of ten angry animals; comparing the likelihood of attack, with the power of their weapons, and the number of humans harmed; we create the ultimate Danger Index. Nothing's safe when the world's wildest flip their lid on the Ultimate Animal Countdown