Natural History Wanderings

Earth.com reported

Woodpeckers don’t just tap – they strike with astonishing force. Each strike can bring decelerations up to 400 g, a level that would flatten most creatures.

A new study reveals how woodpeckers brace nearly their entire body – head, neck, and abdomen – so the bird becomes, mechanically, a hammer.

Read more How woodpeckers turn their entire bodies into hammers – Earth.com