The prey of a Great grey shrike ( Lanius excubitor ): lesser white-toothed shrew ( Crucidora suoaveolens ) impaled upon a thorn
The Great grey shrike ( Lanius excubitor ) is a bird whit this particular behaviour: it does impales its preys as food storage in winter time (and sometime also in breeding time). In this case the lesser white-toothed shrew ( Crucidora suoaveolens ) is impaled upon a howthorn's thorn.
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