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[-] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 103 points 3 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 44 points 3 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 11 points 3 months ago

Endymion / Rise of Endymion was a great sequel too

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 7 points 3 months 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 3 months 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.

[-] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago

One of the serial killers in Hannibal as well.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 3 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 3 months ago

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

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Netflix and dismembering the prey I fucking impaled earlier?

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Netflix?

Edit: nvm, I got it.

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