• Feeding Frenzy Meaning
• What Is A Feeding Frenzy

Feeding frenzy

The term feeding frenzy is an idiom, and like most idioms, it was first used in a literal sense. An idiom is a word, group of words or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is not easily deduced from its literal definition. A media feeding frenzy is intense media coverage of a story of great interest to the public. The 1998 Lewinsky scandal in the U.S. Was a well-noted example of this. The metaphor, drawing an analogy with feeding frenzies of groups of animals, was popularized by Larry Sabato's book Feeding Frenzy: Attack Journalism and American Politics. Frenzy definition, extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement.

Feeding Frenzy Meaning

In ecology, a feeding frenzy is a situation where oversaturation of a supply of food leads to rapid feeding by predatory animals. For example, a large school of fish can cause nearby sharks to enter a feeding frenzy. This can cause the sharks to go wild, biting anything that moves, including each other or anything else within biting range. This term is most often used when referring to sharks or piranhas. It has also been used as a term within journalism.'A shark feeding frenzy occurs when a number of sharks fight for the same prey. Sharks are usually solitary diners, and a feeding frenzy indicates why that might be. To an observer, it looks like the sharks lose their mind biting at anything that's in their way in an uncontrollable rage. They thrash around, their snouts elevating and their backs arching, all signs that indicate an impending attack. Some accounts tell of sharks eating each other and of sharks continuing to feed even after they've been disemboweled by other sharks.'

What Is A Feeding Frenzy

In ecology, a feeding frenzy Feeding frenzy band. occurs when predators are overwhelmed by the amount of prey available. For example, a large school of fish can cause nearby sharks, such as the lemon 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 or piranhas. It has also been used as a term within journalism.^[3]

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1. ^Bright, Michael (2000). The private life of sharks : the truth behind the myth. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN0-8117-2875-7.
2. ^Staddon. Adaptive Behavior and Learning. Foraging and Behavioral Ecology. Retrieved from: http://psychandneuro.duke.edu/uploads/assets/Chapter09.pdfArchived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^Feeding frenzy:how attack journalism has transformed American politics, Sabato, Larry., Macmillan., 1991