Surplus Killing Definition

noun

The behaviour of a predator that kills more prey than it can immediately eat and then caches or abandons the remainder .

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Other Word Forms of Surplus Killing

Noun

Singular:
surplus killing
Plural:
surplus killings

Origin of Surplus Killing

  • Coined by Dutch biologist Hans Kruuk.

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