Is there anything holding it on? It looks like there’s a possibility of the tongue just flying right out.
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.
Jesus is that what cushions their brain from all the violent headbanging?
Actually no, they don’t absorb any shock, otherwise their hammer would lose a lot of their efficiency
Quality TIL in my shitpost feed? Preposterous! 😤
Wait, what, yours doesn’t?
Before you get any ideas. They also have little hooks covering the end of it, to pull bugs out of tight places.
