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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (20 children)

What do they do!?

[–] [email protected] 103 points 2 months ago (10 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (6 children)

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

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Endymion / Rise of Endymion was a great sequel too

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Highly underrated.
And I get why: it's just totally and completely different but it was still enjoyable on merit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I thought it was even better than the first series. There's so many neat and unique concepts going on in that book. From the ultra-fast ship that decimates its passengers and then rebuilds them, to the concepts related to the philosophy of Pierre Tielhard DeChardin, it's a wonderfully thought provoking series all around. The AI and their machinations in that series is the best AI storyline I've ever read.

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