These songbirds violently fling and then impale their prey
The loggerhead shrike’s shake might be worse than its bite
![a loggerhead skrike](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/090618_SM_sadistic-songbirds_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
MOUSER AND SHAKER In spite of its mild mockingbird looks, a loggerhead shrike on San Clemente Island off the California coast delivers potentially fatal shakings to small vertebrates — such as the dead lizard it now holds.
Daniel W. Clark, U.S. Navy