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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 102 points 1 year 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.

Wikipedia

[–] inbeesee@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

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

[–] dorron@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Endymion / Rise of Endymion was a great sequel too

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I thought it was even better than the first series. There's so many neat and unique concepts going on in that book. From the ultra-fast ship that decimates its passengers and then rebuilds them, to the concepts related to the philosophy of Pierre Tielhard DeChardin, it's a wonderfully thought provoking series all around. The AI and their machinations in that series is the best AI storyline I've ever read.

One of the serial killers in Hannibal as well.

[–] HaleHirsute 2 points 1 year ago

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

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

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Netflix and dismembering the prey I fucking impaled earlier?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Netflix?

Edit: nvm, I got it.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 25 points 1 year ago

Unspeakable horrors.

[–] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 year ago

Hide your paper!

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Oh damn! I thought they only did it with bugs. How TF did that tiny little bird capture and kill a rodent as big as it is? The bird doesn't even have any talons!

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year 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.