Natural Selection In The Film Triumph Of Life

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While watching the film Triumph of Life it makes references to important topics we have discussed in class, for instance, when the different species are trying to reproduce, as well as some having the ability for gene cloning. The process of natural selection by which organisms adapt to the environment to produce more offspring and survive to continue their genes in further generations. A process of natural selection is intrasexual selection which is when males compete with other male species to win over the female to reproduce their genes. In the film with a beach full of harem female seals is dominated by a single male known as the beach master. Once another male seal arrives on the beach to seduce a female but they resist and their screams

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