They can eat vast amounts when times are good, and can even ‘degrow’ when food is scarce, consuming their own body mass very slowly, with no ill-effects.
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Degrow
Synonyms for "degrow"
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Essentially, this meant that the markets were expecting the company to degrow and its economic performance to deteriorate.
Source: wiktionary
It seems likely that wealthy countries in Western Europe and North America need to degrow their economies before establishing a steady state.
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