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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (4 children)

What do they do!?

[–] [email protected] 96 points 3 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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[–] inbeesee 42 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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

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

[–] dorron 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Endymion / Rise of Endymion was a great sequel too

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Anticorp 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

One of the serial killers in Hannibal as well.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 2 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

Oh...

[–] FooBarrington 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Netflix and dismembering the prey I fucking impaled earlier?

[–] Anticorp 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Netflix?

Edit: nvm, I got it.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago

Unspeakable horrors.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Hide your paper!

[–] TSG_Asmodeus 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Very metal

[–] Anticorp 2 points 3 months 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!

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

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

[–] TSG_Asmodeus 2 points 2 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.