I just....I just learned that there's a word in the English language...for when you run into someone to hug them with all the enthusiasm and strength you have....I learned that it's called glomp.
My God, English has so many words to describe physical intimacy, I'm in love
Wasn't there like...
A bird that killed mice by crucifying them on a branch?
they typically kill the mouse BEFORE they spike it, but yes!
the entire family of shrikes is a motley collection of songbirds that have evolved sideways into carnivory- they'll kill and eat just about anything smaller than they are, which includes rodents like mice, smaller birds, and even reptiles like snakes and lizards!
which they then promptly impale on the closest sharp thing.
this war-crimey habit has earned them the name butcherbird across most of their range. the shrikes do this partly for storage (a shrike that is very good at shriking can have an entire thornbush full of tiny corpses!), but also because, well.
they've got the raptor beak down, but they haven't quite managed to figure out the talons yet.
sticking their prey in place keeps it still so that they can pull off chunks small enough to swallow!
basically the same way humans use those fancy ham stands.
these things.
and now you know! here's a picture of one being silly to wash the taste of small animal death out of your mouth.
God remember when u were 12 and you would just Make Art on like spare copy paper with crayola markers and an old pencil and even though you didn’t know anything about anatomy or perspective or anything you were jus happy to b Making Art and u didn’t constantly belittle your own efforts or feel like ur drawings weren’t good enough