The Most Extreme is a documentary television series on the American

United States

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 cable television

Cable television

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 network, Animal Planet

Animal Planet

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. 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.

Along with each animal on the countdown, each episode presents a computer-animated

Computer animation

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 segment which compares the animal's ability with something equivalent in humans, followed by an interview segment with people who share some common trait.