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.

Along with each animal on the countdown, each episode presents an 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.

Old, often public domain, cartoons, movie clips and trailers are often included.

Join us as we count down to find the most unusual, and the most extraordinary, on Animal Planet's The Most Extreme.

On Animal Planet, the episodes were also announced by Simon Arnstein.