Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoA Woodpecker’s tongue is so long that it wraps around its skulllemmy.worldimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down10
arrow-up186arrow-down1imageA Woodpecker’s tongue is so long that it wraps around its skulllemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareartifex@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agoIt acts as a shock absorber for its brain.
minus-squareDeme@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agoThat is a common misconception. Shock absorption would diminish pecking performance. You want your hammer to be hard instead of soft if you want to get anything done. Woodpeckers have very stiff heads because of this.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 day agoI watched a video about this but idk where.
It acts as a shock absorber for its brain.
That is a common misconception. Shock absorption would diminish pecking performance. You want your hammer to be hard instead of soft if you want to get anything done. Woodpeckers have very stiff heads because of this.
I watched a video about this but idk where.