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42: The Answer to Almost EverythingDo Animals Appreciate Beauty?
23 min
Available until 09/06/2026
11/06/2023
The beauty of the peacock troubled Darwin for a long time. It didn't quite fit into his theory of evolution and the idea of "survival of the fittest." Darwin came to the conviction that animals must also possess a sense of beauty. Especially the females, who select the "beautiful" males. Modern-day ornithologist Richard O. Prum is convinced that "the complexity of aesthetic and sexual pleasure" in the animal kingdom is far more developed than we give it credit for.
Director
Ella Funk
Country
Germany
Year
2023
