Feeding frenzy

This article is about predatory animals. For other uses, see Feeding frenzy (disambiguation).
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) competing for food at the pond of the Royal Palace Agdal of Marrakech in Morocco
Herring gulls (Larus argentatus) and great black-backed gulls (Larus marinus) in Vestfjord, Norway eating fish remnants after fishers cleaned their catch.

In ecology, a feeding frenzy is a type of animal group activity that occurs when predators are overwhelmed by the amount of prey available. The term is also used as an idiom in the English language.