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Muffi@programming.dev
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Shrike? Does it collect its victims by impaling them on a giant metal tree?

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kokopelli@lemmy.world
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Not a metal tree, but they do impale things on thorns and trees.

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Muffi@programming.dev
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Wait, for real? So The Shrike from Hyperion might actually be named after this bird?

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Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world
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It def was

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chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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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shalafi@lemmy.world
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LOL, it couldn’t be more obvious. :)

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Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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Wow that be cool if true. Great series of books btw.

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kindenough@kbin.earth
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Birb the impaler.

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BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world
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Male shrikes are known for their habit of catching insects and small vertebrates and impaling them on thorns, branches, the spikes on barbed-wire fences, or any available sharp point.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrike

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