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[–] [email protected] 101 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Netflix and dismembering the prey I fucking impaled earlier?

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Endymion / Rise of Endymion was a great sequel too

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

One of the serial killers in Hannibal as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Oh...