Butcherbirb
Submitted 3 weeks ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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x4740N@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
North American version is in the picture: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loggerhead_shrike :)
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
What do they do!?
salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 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.
inbeesee@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The god in Hyperion is named after that bird. Great scifi classic.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Oh…
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Netflix and dismembering the prey I fucking impaled earlier?
fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Unspeakable horrors.
mathemachristian@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
Thats alright we are talking via text.
puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Hide your paper!
TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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!
EllenKelly@hexbear.net 3 weeks 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.
hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
or to attract mates.
Like a butterfly collection?
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hey orcas are cute too
FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“Oi, cunt!”
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
That’s the face of a stone cold killer
Dabundis@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Songbirds in general can be unexpectedly vicious
Dasnap@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Gwenocwide :3
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Is that when you try to eliminate everyone named Gwen via mass murder, nominal cleansing, and lexical apartheid?
gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
oh fuck