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Not a metal tree, but they do impale things on thorns and trees.

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Wait, for real? So The Shrike from Hyperion might actually be named after this bird?

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It def was

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Wow that be cool if true. Great series of books btw.

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I’m fairly certain it is, I’ve seen it ‘confirmed’ on Reddit in the past. We have a variety locally, used to feed them raw meat as kids. Fascinating to watch them store and work their meals

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LOL, it couldn’t be more obvious. :)

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Huh, I thought it was a Hunter X Hunter reference with the huge tree (wasn’t metal though). One of the chimera ants is mixed with a shrike and impaled it’s victims as well. Got taken out quick though, once spoiler spoiler spoiler, so wasn’t that important an antagonist.

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