过捕是一种当掠食者猎杀的猎物比它们能立即使用的还多时展现的行为。它们可能消耗一部分,储存或放弃猎物,这种行为已在浮游生物、豆娘若虫、补食螨、鼬、蜜獾、狼、虎鲸、赤狐、斑鬣狗、蜘蛛、棕熊、猞猁、貂和家猫中观察到。这个词是由荷兰生物学家Hans Kruuk在研究非洲的斑鬣狗[1]和英国的赤狐[2]后发明的。
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