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[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 30 points 5 months ago
[-] salvaria 97 points 5 months ago

some shrikes are also known as butcherbirds because of the habit, particularly of males, of impaling prey onto plant spines within their territories. These larders have multiple functions, attracting females and serving as food stores.

Wikipedia

[-] inbeesee@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago

The god in Hyperion is named after that bird. Great scifi classic.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(Simmons_novel)

[-] dorron@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Endymion / Rise of Endymion was a great sequel too

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 6 points 5 months ago

Highly underrated.
And I get why: it's just totally and completely different but it was still enjoyable on merit.

One of the serial killers in Hannibal as well.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Also the name of the guy who ran the gang that Han Solo was in as a kid.

[-] HaleHirsute@infosec.pub 2 points 5 months ago

Among the best sci-fi I ever read, incredible.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Netflix and dismembering the prey I fucking impaled earlier?

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 23 points 5 months ago

Unspeakable horrors.

[-] puchaczyk 23 points 5 months ago

Thanks to its strong beak, it can tear even the strongest 3-ply toilet paper to shreds if it has been moistened beforehand.

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 5 months ago

Hide your paper!

[-] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago
[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

I love how you just casually used SCP wiki as a reference.

[-] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I was curious if people would notice, and it seems not everyone did. ;) Maybe someone got to be the daily 5,000 for SCP.

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