Which of the following has the highest fitness?
a. a tiger that produces 10 fertile offspring in her life time before getting killed by a hunter
b. a tiger that produces 9 fertile offspring in her life time before dying a natural death
c. a tiger that has the genes to produce 15 fertile offspring in her lifetime but dies befor
having any
d. a tiger that produces 9 fertile offspring in her life time before getting killed by a hunter

Option D

Explanation:

In case, tiger has not been killed by the hunter it could have produced more fertile offspring in his lifetime.

The tiger which is most fit is the one who can produce the maximum number of fertile offspring when it is alive.

No matter when the tiger is being killed by the hunter it is giving birth to 9 fertile offspring during his life so this tiger is the fittest tiger.

Hence, the correct answer is option D

i believe it's c. the trait for large beaks will be passed on to future generations through natural selection.

since eventually smaller beaks would have to find another source of food or even eventually just die out from the lack of food.