Inecology, afeeding frenzy is a type of animal group activity that occurs whenpredators are overwhelmed by the amount ofprey available. The term is also used as anidiom in the English language.
For example, a large school of fish can cause nearbysharks, such as thelemon shark, to enter into a feeding frenzy.[1] This can cause the sharks to go wild, biting anything that moves, including each other or anything else within biting range. Another functional explanation for feeding frenzy is competition amongst predators.[2] This term is most often used when referring to sharks orpiranhas.[3]
It has also beenused as a term withinjournalism.[3]
The term is occasionally used to describe aplethora of something. For instance, a 2016 Bloomberg News article is entitled: "March Madness Is a Fantasy Sports Feeding Frenzy."[4]In economics the term can be used to describe the economics of the music industry, as large music companies acquired smaller music companies.[5]
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