Synopsis
Each beachmaster has his own hareem, with as many as 100 females.
- Programme: Life in the Freezer
- Episode: The Ice Retreats
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2008
- Biology | Ecology | Adaptations, interdependence and competition | Communities
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