Charybdis

Daughter of Poseidon and Gaia, Charybdis was a sea-nymph who flooded the land in order to take possession of it for her father. Zeus, angered that his land was being appropriated, turned her into a monster with a ravenous thirst thrice daily. As she took in water and spewed it out, whirlpools would form. This was treacherous to passing ships and a phrase was born - between Charybdis and Scylla. Scylla was another monster inhabiting the other side of the same channel of water.

Mythology. What in the world does it have to do with survival of the fittest?






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