過捕

過捕係獵食者有陣時會有嘅一種行為，指佢哋殺起獵物上嚟會零舍狼死，殺嘅數量多過佢哋需要食嘅數量。喺呢種情況下，佢哋通常會食走一啲殺咗嘅獵物，跟住儲起或者放棄淨低嘅肉。呢種行為喺浮游生物、豆娘若蟲、補食蟎、鼬、蜜獾、狼、虎鯨、赤狐、斑鬣狗、蜘蛛、棕熊、猞猁、貂、同家貓等獵食性動物上都觀察得到。

參考 
Jennifer L. Maupin and Susan Reichert, Superfluous killing in spiders.
Joseph K. Gaydos, Stephen Raverty,Robin W. Baird, and Richard W. Osborne, SUSPECTED SURPLUS KILLING OF HARBOR SEAL PUPS (PHOCA VITULINA) BY KILLER WHALES (ORCINUS ORCA).
William G. George and Timothy Kimmel, A Slaughter of Mice by Common Crows.
Wildlife Online: Foxes-Surplus Killing, Why do foxes kill to excess....
For Wolves: Ralph Maughan Wolf Report, Jackson Trio makes some surplus kills.
High Country News, Zachary Smith, Wolf pack wiped out for ‘surplus killing’.
Victor Van Ballenberghe, Technical Information on Wolf Ecology and Wolf/Prey Relationships.
Ned Rozell, Far North Grizzlies Develop Taste for Muskoxen.
Pierre-Yves Daoust, Andrew Boyne, Ted D’Eon, Surplus killing of Roseate Terns and Common Terns by a mink.

攷 

捕食