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[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 36 points 1 month ago
[-] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 103 points 1 month 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 44 points 1 month 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 11 points 1 month ago

Endymion / Rise of Endymion was a great sequel too

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

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 month 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@infosec.pub 2 points 1 month ago

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

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

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

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Netflix and dismembering the prey I fucking impaled earlier?

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Netflix?

Edit: nvm, I got it.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 31 points 1 month ago
[-] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago

Thats alright we are talking via text.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] propter_hog@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

Actual vlad dracula shit, jesus christ

[-] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

Hide your paper!

[-] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago
[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month 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!

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

[-] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month 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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