Butcherbirb

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• Dasnap@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Gwenocwide :3

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is that when you try to eliminate everyone named Gwen via mass murder, nominal cleansing, and lexical apartheid?

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    • gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      oh fuck

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• x4740N@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is a Butcherbird

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  Sincerely,

  An Australian

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    North American version is in the picture: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loggerhead_shrike :)

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• Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What do they do!?

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  • salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨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

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    • inbeesee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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

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    • Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh…

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    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Netflix and dismembering the prey I fucking impaled earlier?

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unspeakable horrors.

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    • mathemachristian@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thats alright we are talking via text.

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  • puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks to its strong beak, it can tear even the strongest 3-ply toilet paper to shreds if it has been moistened beforehand.

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    • Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hide your paper!

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  • TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s not pretty.

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    • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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!

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    • Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Very metal

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• EllenKelly@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There’s birds native to australia that have the same horrific habit and theyre equally adorable. They also have one of my favourite birdsongs

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butcherbird

  Butcherbirds are insect eaters for the most part, but will also feed on small lizards and other vertebrates. They get their name from their habit of impaling captured prey on a thorn, tree fork, or crevice. This “larder” is used to support the victim while it is being eaten, to store prey for later consumption, or to attract mates.

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  • hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    or to attract mates.

    Like a butterfly collection?

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• Sam_Bass@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hey orcas are cute too

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• FinishingDutch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Oi, cunt!”

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• sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s the face of a stone cold killer

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• Dabundis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Songbirds in general can be unexpectedly vicious

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