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The 1998 movie Godzilla and the 1986 movie Aliens each depict a large fictional

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Question

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?

Explanation / Answer

In the movie, Godzila maleis shown to follow asexual reproduction. They are all males and capable of producinf offsprings of only male gender without female partner. As per the evolutionary history, dinosaurs were not capable of asexual reproduction and bot the genders wer present at that time. The Godzilla is a fictional character which is not harmed by any kind of nuclear destruction. They were evolved by radioactive mutations. This character seems to bear MUTO spores inside his body which is an impossible theory in the wold of mammals. If they were real, I don't think they would live longer due spontaniety if their mutations and environmental factors.