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Old November 2nd, 2017 #1
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Default Kleptopredation is a new scientific term for super-sizing a meal at sea

Kleptopredation is a new scientific term for super-sizing a meal at sea


Kleptropredation isn’t a crime, though the newly-coined term has a criminal ring, and the act is kind of like theft-meets-murder-in-a-meal. Technically, it’s when a predator eats prey that has just hunted and has a full belly—such that the predator ends up eating its prey’s prey as well.

The term “kleptopredation” was introduced to the world by marine biologists from the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of Portsmouth in the UK, writing in the journal Biology Letters on Nov. 1.

https://qz.com/1118148/kleptopredati...a-meal-at-sea/
 
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