Extreme Bodies
Season 1
TV-14
Extreme Bodies is an incredible series that looks deep into the structures of the most amazing human bodies Nature has ever created! Using the latest MRI scanning technology, combined with state-of-the-art CGI, Extreme Bodies reveals the remarkable skeletons, brains and cardio-vascular systems of people who live life far from the average. We meet America's Heaviest Athlete, America's Tallest Man, our shortest Special Track and Field Olympian and the Twin Girls who not only share a physical connection but who also think and feel together! This is a journey to the outer limits of the human body's potential and into the extraordinary lives of some the world's most unique people.
Where to Watch Season 1
4 Episodes
- Conjoined Twins
E2Conjoined TwinsExtreme Bodies profiles conjoined twins Lori and George Schappell who are joined at the skull and partially share a brain. Scientists use MRI machines to determine that they do not share thoughts. It then examines the case of Krista and Tatiana Hogan who are joined at the head, but also seems to share a mental activity. Finally, the surgery examines the delicate operation to separate infants Erin and Jade Buckles who are conjoined at the chest. - Giants
E3GiantsExtreme Bodies looks at human giants and examines how genetic variation and sometimes small tumors cause people to grow significantly in height. It looks at the case of George Bell who is the tallest man in the United States and uses MRI scans and computer 3-D imagining to examine his body. It also looks at the case of Dave Rasmussen a giant whose height results from a genetic mutation. It also talks to basketball player Roy Hibbert and former basketball player Richmond Edwards. - Dwarfs
E4DwarfsExtreme Bodies looks at dwarfs and examines how certain genetic conditions can result in people who are much smaller in height than average. Ir uses MRIs and computer to take a look at how dwarfism can affect bone growth and interviews several athletes who compete at high levels despite their dwarfism. It looks at several different conditions including hypochondroplasia, achondroplasia, and primordial dwarfism. It also examines the controversial practice of limb lengthening.