The 1998 movie Godzilla and the 1986 movie Aliens each depict a large fictional
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The 1998 movie Godzilla and the 1986 movie Aliens each depict a large fictional female carnivore. The Godzilla female lives off a large prey population of humans and fishes, but has no assistance from others of her kind. In a few days she produces hundreds of 7 ft tall eggs, enough to fill Madison Square Garden. The Aliens female lives off a small prey population of a few dozen humans, is assisted by non-reproducing workers, and produces hundreds of large eggs in a few weeks. Comment on what is realistic and unrealistic about the life history traits and egg production abilities of each of these fictional animals. If they were real would they have long or short life spans? Why?
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The realistic life history traits and egg production abilities of "The Godzilla" females and alien females are quiet different because they have egg-laying capabilities if they are from reptile origin. These species are giant species and can prey population of humans and fishes due to their habits and massive muscle structures. They have higher predation abilities to feed human and fish population, as they possess strong canines. The unrealistic features of the fictional animals are "hundreds of 7 ft tall eggs" and this feature is an unrealistic because these fictional animals may not possess ability to lay higher size of eggs that their body size. However, there is possibility of laying smaller eggs with egg-hatching abilities as reptile and aves with short-life spans. It is not possible for Alien females to produce hundreds of large eggs in a few weeks because it is difficult to synthesize shells with egg protein materials within a short period inside the body of any reptile species. Godzilla is an unrealistic fictional animal because they are looking similar to lizards but a lizard has no capability to lay bigger sized eggs
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