butcherbird
| Another name for a shrike. |
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at times resists the human world of "guns and banknotes" (Butler 1983: 226), but at other times, the cruelty of the butcherbird can be seen to symbolise the bloody foundations of animal interactions within the human species (p. Which British bird is also called the butcherbird because of its habit of hanging dead insects on bushes? In Australia, part of the song of the grey butcherbird sounds like the melody portion of Little Green Apples with the lyrics "And if that's not lovin' me . |
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