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[โ€“] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loggerhead_shrike

Due to its small size and weak talons, this predatory bird relies on impaling its prey upon thorns or barbed wire for facilitated consumption

That bird is metal as fuck

[โ€“] call_me_xale 13 points 1 month ago

Most Shrikes are like this. Their genus is Lanius, Latin for "butcher".

(Also a fun piece of trivia for FTL fans.)