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[-] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 103 points 3 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks ago

Endymion / Rise of Endymion was a great sequel too

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 7 points 3 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks ago

One of the serial killers in Hannibal as well.

[-] HaleHirsute@infosec.pub 2 points 3 weeks ago

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

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

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

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

Netflix and dismembering the prey I fucking impaled earlier?

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

Netflix?

Edit: nvm, I got it.

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