Talk:The Most Extreme/Archive 1

most extreme living dead[edit]

my favorite living dead animal is the hognose snake. it is number 10 in the countdown.

I didn't actually watch this episode, but I heard that some rattlesnakes can still attack you after they died about 2 hours ago.

When I first read that post I thought: "If the hognose snake is only number 5, I did't know what to think! They're the best at playing dead!" Well, I frogot about the water bear! I know about rattlesnakes, I've heard caimans and sharks can do that too... I wonder if the rattlesnake made it into the countdown. Dora Nichov 01:32, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Don't you agree the results can be surprising? Take Loudmouths for example, who'd thought number one was this puny shrimp! Dora Nichov 01:34, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I thought the blue whale would be number 1. And for the living dead, opposums can play dead for as long as they want. Radical3 19:16, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

According to tv.com, the hognose snake was actually No 10, while the opossum was No 9. Dora Nichov 12:29, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Special[edit]

Best of the Best Special isn't on there, is it? I don't think so... I don't know where to add it, or else I would.-Babylon pride 00:49, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, who won for the special? I missed it. Dora Nichov 05:22, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think Killer Whales are pretty cool!!! Radical3

Hmm... Does that mean...? Dora Nichov 23:01, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Radical3 22:34, 4 October 2006 (UTC)==Revealing Results== Maybe we should reveal the results (of course with a spoiler warning). Eg:[reply]

Disguises (snow leopard, lyrebird, Arctic fox, sea snake, decorator crab, hognose snake, caterpillar, leafy sea dragon, walkingstick, octopus)

Or just reveal number one. Eg:

Disguises (octopus)

Dora Nichov 02:13, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thanks! Radical3

No problem. I simply thought his article could do with more information. Dora Nichov 23:02, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, nobody seems to have watched episodes from the fourth season... Dora Nichov 11:05, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't get it! I love animals too and I know many interesting things about them, but where does "The Most Extreme" get all this cool information? Some animals, I haven't even heard of. I've been searching for websites, watching other animal TV shows and DVDs and even read books. If anyone knows, could you please tell me? I wanna be as smart as them when its comes to animals. Thx! Radical3 19:16, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, by the way, Dora, is it you who wrote the No.1 answers on the page? cuz i wrote some 2. Radical3 19:16, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, for Lovers episode, if you have the chance to see it, you could check if the spider was #1 cuz im not sure, i think someone told me! thx! Radical3 19:16, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't the chameleon also be in Disguises? Radical3 Radical3 19:16, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote some of the No 1s. (But only some). I don't get the spider either, but both the official site and tv.com say so. I've always wondered why the chameleon isn't in disguises... Dora Nichov 12:27, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh! I read somewhere that the chameleon doesn't change colour for camouflage (surprisingly). It changes the colour of the skin to express how it feels. For example, it turns red when angry and black when frightened. Radical3 22:35, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's both for camouflage and for showing it's emotions. Dora Nichov 06:57, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Smarts or Thinkers[edit]

Who else though the selection of the parrot as the most extreme smarts was a terrible selection? Ive never really trusted them since. VT?! 21:10, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, parrots can be as smart as a three-year old. Some parrots do understand what they're mimicking. Dora Nichov 00:12, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But suppose it's still over the top for a parrot to be number one. Dora Nichov 03:30, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thought the dolphin was number 1. Radical3

Well, I didn't watch that one... Dora Nichov 23:01, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If I recall correctly the dolphin was number 2 and the chimp was 3 or 4. As I said before a parrot should not be number one just because they can talk like us. The flaw of humans is we look at inttelligence to resemblance towards humans even though we should actually be looking at there capapbilitys in the wild and such. --VT?! 00:03, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if the parrot made it into the countdown, but I'd have expected a chimpanzee or dolphin to be number one. Dora Nichov 01:29, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tv.com says the kea (which is a kind of parrot anyway) is No 1, the chimpanzee is No 2, and the dolphin is No 3. Dora Nichov 09:20, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I have to agree. Honestly, I can't agree with the thinkers list, I have not seen Elephants, Squirrels, and Mice on the list, and Elephants, Squirrels, and Mice are fairly intelligent, and yes, parrots are very smart and I would think that it would be in the countdown, but not as number one. The Winged Yoshi

Speed[edit]

I would've thought the peregrine falcon was number 1, but actually it was the tiger beetle because if they were as large as a human, they could run at 309 mph. That's about as fast as a racecar!!! Radical3

Cool! I thought the falcon too. Dora Nichov 23:01, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Moms[edit]

A sea lice is #1 mom? Could someone please explain because I don't get it! I thought the earwig was a good mom. Maybe it was number 2 or 3 or 4, maybe 5. Also, could Dora or someone else write the 10 in order if you saw the episode? Radical3 19:15, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree about writing the whole countdown. I don't get the sea louse, for I haven't seen that episode. Dora Nichov 12:28, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm... well, thanks anyways!Radical3 14:11, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The earwig didn't even get into the countdown! *gasp!* Dora Nichov 10:19, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So, if it didn't then how did you figure that out? Did you watch the show or someone told you or something. Radical3 22:32, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tv.com... Dora Nichov 06:57, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Moms (from 10 to 1)

Elephant

Koala

Alligator

Polar Bear

Cheetah

Orangutan

Red-knobbed Hornbill

Elephant Seal

Octopus

Sea louse

Odd Couples[edit]

Radical3 23:38, 28 October 2006 (UTC)==Odd Couples== What are odd couples? Are they like animal buddies? Radical3 19:14, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's about symbiosis. Dora Nichov 12:24, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, it's animal buddies like friends, you know. Radical3 14:12, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, sort of... But you wouldn't count parasites as "friends" would you? The episodes I don't understand are Wild Parties and Ancestors. Is't Wild Parties kinda like Swarms? And what the heck do they mean by "Ancestors"? Dora Nichov 09:19, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wild Parties, like ever heard of the garter snake which has the wildest mating party and ancestors, I think like the most baddest, or biggest, or stuff like that. Take the Komodo Dragon. It's ancestor was Megalania, a lizard the size of a bus. Radical3 23:32, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe "Ancestors" mean living fossils. Dora Nichov 08:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Living fossils? What do u mean? Radical3 16:46, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Like the most ancient life form still living today. But Radical3 turned out to be right. It IS about the ancestors of modern animals. Dora Nichov 10:30, 25 October 2006

Yeah...

But TV.com says Tyrannosaurus also got into that countdown. I don't think it has any descendants. Sure, some dinosaurs turned into birds, but they would be smaller predators like Velociraptor or Coelophysis. Dora Nichov 00:14, 29 October 2006 (U

The Tyrannosaurus's closest modern-day relative is actually the collared lizard. Although it's 100 times smaller, they both have scaly skin and run on two legs. Birds might be related to dinosaurs, but Tyrannosaurus didn't have feathers (at least we don't think so). Velociraptor probably had feathers. Crocodiles, also are related to the T. Rex, but crocodiles don't travel on two legs. In my opinion, if you are looking for a modern-day relative, find an animal that has almost the closest amount of characteristics. 199.185.87.90 21:33, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WRONG! Lizards were diapsids, while dinosaurs were archosaurs. The collared lizard looks and acts like a small Tyrannosaurus, but it's not closely related. Birds are even closer relatives, I mean, Velociraptor was a theropod like Tyrannosaurus. Just because something looks like something doesn't mean they're related. I bet you think Triceratops is related to the rhinoceros, right? Dora Nichov 11:19, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

????? 199.185.87.90 21:56, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by that? Or was it that you couldn't understand what I said? Dora Nichov 05:45, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind. Oh, I found out why the sea louse is the number 1 mom. It's because the young consume so much energy from their mother, that she dies right after birth.

Cool! I hope you understood what I was saying... Dora Nichov 12:54, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

O.K.? Radical3 23:36, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Movers[edit]

Are movers like the length of how much animal migrate or travel? Radical3 19:14, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've watched the back half of THAT episode. I think it's more about strange ways of locomotion. Dora Nichov 12:25, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm... I can't think of ANY animal like that. Radical3 14:13, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No 1 was the scallop. Dora Nichov 12:47, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ultrasound/infrasound[edit]

Did the show really say elephants and tigers produce ultrasound, or did Wikipedia confuse high-frequency ultrasound with low-frequency infrasound? The elephant article mentions infrasound, and scientifically a large animal would ordinarily produce lower sounds (that is, lower frequency) than a small animal. Art LaPella 04:15, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Crazy Colors[edit]

Is there really such an episode? For now, I'm deleting that part of the article because nor tv.com nor the official website say that there is such an episode. Radical3 17:11, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good move. It was most likely a vandal. Dora Nichov 14:31, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dark mane[edit]

I reverted "The darker the mane, the less females he attracts, but the higher the chance he can overheat" back to "...more females...". [1] says "...the long, black mane that females desire and males respect has a serious drawback in the form of heat stress". I don't know what the show said, but if it said dark manes discourage females as well as causing overheating (overheating makes sense; that's why the Space Shuttle is white) then it wouldn't be a "Fashion Disaster", driven by the evolutionary need to mate overpowering the evolutionary need to survive. Art LaPella 20:14, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, most of the animals in that episode were like that. Dora Nichov 14:30, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Like what? Did they say dark manes attract more females or less females? The website entry for that episode concludes "choosing style over substance can have lethal consequences when fasion [sic] disasters are taken to the Most Extreme." Art LaPella 17:23, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They attract more females but it also overheats them. The sage grouse, peacock and fiddler crab all have strange features for attracting mates but they are also easily caught by predators too. And the guppy actually dances in front of a predator to attract a mate, facing often lethal consequences. Dora Nichov 10:06, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good, then you agree with my revert. Art LaPella 18:19, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I do. Dora Nichov 00:25, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup[edit]

This article also needs a major cleanup. Too many unencyclopedic statements. Dora Nichov 00:28, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Psychic Dolphins?[edit]

Under Smarts: (No 3: Dolphin) They have psychic powers; near human intelligence.

How, pray tell, have they been found to have psychic powers? What do said powers entail?

If we can prove it, it's worth a million bucks from the James Randi Educational Foundation. If the psychic claim occurred on the show, maybe we should say "psychic powers (according to the show)". Art LaPella 23:16, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's why this article needs cleanup. Not encyclopedic and too many claims are unclear. Dora Nichov 12:28, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also, why does this article have so many mistakes! I'm tired of reverting them. Radical3 14:59, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So we must all work together to make the article as good as any other. Dora Nichov 02:35, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm waiting for the current wave of additions to stop so I can clean up over-capitalization, spelling etc. all at once. I got tired of trying to find them all each time they get sprinkled through the article. Art LaPella 04:53, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea. Dora Nichov 04:54, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I cleaned up seasons 1, 2 and 3. Dora Nichov 05:35, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I cleaned up what I can clean up. Art LaPella 06:03, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Needs cleanup[edit]

This article is about 4/5ths results. It seriously needs cleanup. Crowstar^{Vaseline-on-the-lens-Jitsu!fwends!} 15:47, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

it is my anonymously given opinion that this article needs less summarizing of results and more info on the actual show, such as music used, relevance to the world, you know, something actually IMPORTANT! 72.71.245.194 (talk) 23:28, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Suggesting split[edit]

If the list should be kept (and I'm not convinced that it should), I think it ought to be moved to its own article or perhaps split into one article for each season; its length is unwieldy the way it's currently organized.--Kineticman 03:05, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Monster Myths[edit]

I've been noticing an incorrect edit on Monster Myths, its not North Pacific Giant Octopus as number 5, its the Colossal Squid as stated by The Most Extreme. The Winged Yoshi —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Winged Yoshi (talk • contribs) 21:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Removed seasons, incorrect airing time, lost episode[edit]

Season 3 was entirely removed on December 3, 2009 at 18:40 There are 20 episodes in season 3. Did anyone even notice that the episodes go from 26: Oddities to 47: Hissy Fits? It seems it has been this way since seasons 1 & 3 were both cut on December 3, 2009 at 18:40. Season one was fixed. But not season 3.

There are only 76 episodes, not 77 episodes, based on what I have seen here.

Also the airing time for the show is one hour, including commercials. Why would someone here change it to 21 minutes? hello (talk) 17:55, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see that all was fixed except the airing time. Please change it to 42 minutes (or something close to that). The short version of the show is a half hour. But the full version is one hour. hello (talk) 19:54, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Special Episode[edit]

How it is possible for anyone to know how many viewers view a specific program or channel? Do they also know the number of viewers for a specific time period? Please give me details so that I can understand. hello (talk) 19:59, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]