1 Season
13 Episode
Wild Ones - Season 1 Episode 5 Strongest
The mighty grizzly bear, the tiny powerful ant, the lunging inimitable crocodile, the indestructible rhino beetle, the hammering mantis shrimp. Which is the strongest of them all? Grizzly bear: In the rugged beauty of North Americas sub-alpine lands patrols its mightiest resident. Brown bears are aggressive, formidable animals that can weight up to half a ton, have a bite force of over a thousand pounds per square inch and at full speed can run at 50 km per hour. With claws over ten cms’s long and a huge mound on their back that anchors massive shoulder muscles their digging and striking capacity is phenomenal… Ants: With over 12 thousand species the ants of the world come in great variety, but they are all tough, strong territorial defenders of their realms, and will dispatch unwanted guests with relish. Crocodile: For as long as rivers have flowed, dark reptiles have governed their waters. The unmistakable jaw of a crocodile possesses the most powerful bite force of any animal ever recorded – rivaling even the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex. Rhino beetle: With their mighty trees and flowing rivers, forests are symbols of great towering strength – yet scurrying over the plants, branches and leaf litter below is a creature so strong it can lift 850 times its own weight. Mantis shrimp: Not only does the colorful mantis shrimp have the most complex and bizarre looking eyes in the animal kingdom, it can deliver a blow with the equivalent force of a .22 calibre bullet…
- Year: 2014
- Country: United States of America, Australia, France
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: Discovery
- Keyword: insect, savannah, wildlife, wild animal, nature
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- Cast: Robert Polo
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