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==Examples in nature== | ==Examples in nature== | ||
For example, a large school of fish can cause nearby ]s, such as the ], to enter into a feeding frenzy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bright|first=Michael|title=The private life of sharks : the truth behind the myth|year=2000|publisher=Stackpole Books|location=Mechanicsburg, PA|isbn=0-8117-2875-7}}</ref> 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.<ref>Staddon. Adaptive Behavior and Learning. Foraging and Behavioral Ecology. Retrieved from: http://psychandneuro.duke.edu/uploads/assets/Chapter09.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035802/http://psychandneuro.duke.edu/uploads/assets/Chapter09.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref> This term is most often used when referring to sharks or ]s |
For example, a large school of fish can cause nearby ]s, such as the ], to enter into a feeding frenzy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bright|first=Michael|title=The private life of sharks : the truth behind the myth|year=2000|publisher=Stackpole Books|location=Mechanicsburg, PA|isbn=0-8117-2875-7}}</ref> 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.<ref>Staddon. Adaptive Behavior and Learning. Foraging and Behavioral Ecology. Retrieved from: http://psychandneuro.duke.edu/uploads/assets/Chapter09.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035802/http://psychandneuro.duke.edu/uploads/assets/Chapter09.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref> This term is most often used when referring to sharks or ]s.<ref name="politicsf"/> | ||
==English language uses== | ==English language uses== | ||
It has also been ] within ].<ref name="politicsf"></ref> | |||
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⚫ | The term is occasionally used to describe a ] of something. For instance, a 2016 Bloomburg News article is entitled: "March Madness Is a Fantasy Sports Feeding Frenzy."<ref name="Bllom">{{cite news |last1=Brustein |first1=Joshua |last2=Broudway |first2=Ira |title=March Madness is a Sports Feeding Frenzy |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=sports+feeding+frenzy&ei=Av6BYZj_EpKzkwW3xZHAAg&oq=sports+feeding+frenzy&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAM6BwgAEEcQsAM6BwgAELADEEM6DQguEMgDELADEEMQkwI6EAguEMcBENEDEMgDELADEEM6EAguEMgDELADEEMQmQMQqAM6CgguEMgDELADEEM6EAguELEDEA0QmQMQqAMQkwI6BAgAEA06BwgAEA0QiwM6DQguEA0QiwMQqAMQmQM6BggAEAcQHjoICAAQCBAHEB5KBQg4EgExSgQIQRgAUNcpWLUzYKs4aAJwAngAgAFciAG7BJIBATeYAQCgAQHIAQ-4AQLAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwiYiPuwnPvzAhWS2aQKHbdiBCgQ4dUDCA8&uact=5 |access-date=3 November 2021 |publisher=Bloomburg News |date=10 March 2016}}</ref> | ||
In economics the term can be used to describe the economics of the music industry, as large music companies acquired smaller music companies.<ref name="Anderson">{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=David A. |title=Economics |date=2007 |publisher=Worth Publishers |location=New York, New Yok |page=93 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Economics_by_Example/Gd1xkMjjmfkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=feeding+frenzy+economics&pg=PA93&printsec=frontcover |access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref> | In economics the term can be used to describe the economics of the music industry, as large music companies acquired smaller music companies.<ref name="Anderson">{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=David A. |title=Economics |date=2007 |publisher=Worth Publishers |location=New York, New Yok |page=93 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Economics_by_Example/Gd1xkMjjmfkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=feeding+frenzy+economics&pg=PA93&printsec=frontcover |access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref> | ||
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This article is about predatory animals. For other uses, see Feeding frenzy (disambiguation).In ecology, a feeding frenzy occurs when predators are overwhelmed by the amount of prey available. The term is also used as an idiom in the English language.
Examples in nature
For example, a large school of fish can cause nearby sharks, such as the lemon shark, to enter into a feeding frenzy. 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. This term is most often used when referring to sharks or piranhas.
English language uses
It has also been used as a term within journalism.
The term is occasionally used to describe a plethora of something. For instance, a 2016 Bloomburg News article is entitled: "March Madness Is a Fantasy Sports Feeding Frenzy." In economics the term can be used to describe the economics of the music industry, as large music companies acquired smaller music companies.
See also
- Bait ball
- Adage
- Comprehension of Idioms
- Idiom in English language
- Media feeding frenzy
- Phrasal verb
- Metaphor
References
- Bright, Michael (2000). The private life of sharks : the truth behind the myth. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-2875-7.
- Staddon. Adaptive Behavior and Learning. Foraging and Behavioral Ecology. Retrieved from: http://psychandneuro.duke.edu/uploads/assets/Chapter09.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Feeding frenzy:how attack journalism has transformed American politics, Sabato, Larry., Macmillan., 1991
- Brustein, Joshua; Broudway, Ira (10 March 2016). "March Madness is a Sports Feeding Frenzy". Bloomburg News. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- Anderson, David A. (2007). Economics. New York, New Yok: Worth Publishers. p. 93. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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