Its about natural selection--starts with an a I think but I'm completely having a DUH moment trying to remember the word for separating the weakest from the strongest. Anyone remember or am I doomed to let this bother me until I quit thinking about it long enough for the answer to hit me over the head with a brick?
2007-03-22 10:26:33 · 22 answers · asked by whispersofindigo 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Culling is the process of selection of surplus animals from an animal population. In a wild population the selection is often done by destroying the animal immediately, in a domesticated situation the culling process involves selection and the selling of surplus stock.
2007-03-22 11:14:41 · answer #1 · answered by Tenn Gal 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
personally i don't think it has anything to do with natural selection at all the term weeding is a gardening reference to purposely removing weeds. so i always thought it meant you made the group go through rigorous activities or exercises so that the weaker ones will fall behind and drop out. like in sports or military training the first few days are very hard to see who will make it to til the end.
2007-03-22 10:44:47 · answer #2 · answered by FengHuaXueYue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution
2007-03-22 10:52:29 · answer #3 · answered by bridetobebrandie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Natural selection is when nature takes out the weakest. If people do it, it's culling.
2007-03-22 10:33:11 · answer #4 · answered by Annie D 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Survival of the fittest is layman's or slang term. More educated may say natural selection.
2007-03-22 10:32:27 · answer #5 · answered by evilalfie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Attrition
2007-03-22 10:39:10 · answer #6 · answered by ® 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Survival of the fittest
2007-03-22 11:01:36 · answer #7 · answered by J mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eugenics
2007-03-22 11:55:57 · answer #8 · answered by Village Player 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the word you are looking for is Cull, as in to cull the herd.
2007-03-22 10:46:27 · answer #9 · answered by anny 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its called Television
2007-03-22 11:20:40 · answer #10 · answered by Ronatnyu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋