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IIRC this theory was debunked some time ago by a study. If you think about it, any dampening within the skull would lessen the force of the pecking and the bird would have to hammer away harder.
Edit: Link to a study
Reminds me of a joke I’m going to attempt to translate:
- Why do woodpeckers have beaks?
- So they don’t smash their heads against the tree.
That’s got to feel weird as fuck
Woodpeckers would probably think it feels weird for us to have a tongue that just goes down your throat
Perspective
Oh I thought they’d experience more than 1000 grams of force whilst pecking 😜
ayyyy boo, what that tongue do?
I mean… tongue bones?
All woodpeckers are just really good at functioning with chronic brain damage.
Subhanallah.
Nice hair, dude!
And we’re all jealous of woody the woodpecker on this glorious summer day.
Ladies.
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