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life/dinner principle
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Japanese Meaning
『life-dinner principle』の別形として、捕食と被捕食の状況において、被捕食者は命をかけるのに対し、捕食者は夕食（＝食事）をかけるという、利害の不均衡を示す原則。 / 生存競争における動機の不均衡を表す概念。具体的には、ある者は生死に関わるリスクを負う一方で、他者は食事に関わる比較的小さなリスクしか負わないという原則。 / 命（生命）と夕食（食事）という対照的な価値の違いを強調し、生存を賭けた闘いにおける戦略や行動原理を示す考え方。
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The debate about the life/dinner principle has revived interest in predator-prey coevolution.
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The debate about the life/dinner principle has revived interest in predator-prey coevolution.
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