SHRIKOPATH (THORN MIMOSA)

Written By Alex Crowson
 

Last week we talked about a tree that has a unique--and deadly--relationship with birds. This week, the script is flipped and we hear about a bird that uses a tree to accomplish it gruesome agenda: the thorn mimosa (Vachellia nilotica).

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Cover art by Jillian Barthold
Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals
Episode cover photo by Arthur Chapman

Additional Reading:

The balul (Vachellia nilotica)
Vachellia (sym: Acacia) nilotica fact sheet
How to Identify the Vachellia nilotica
Shrikes Have an Absolutely Brutal Way of Killing Large Prey
Sticking Point: Bewitched by the Brown Shrike

 
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