2007-03-24 16:16:52 · 7 answers · asked by kaywhitley20002000 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
The woodpecker has special cartilage between its head and beak that acts as a shock absorber. It also has a brain that is tightly compacted in it's skull, so there is no movement of the brain when the woodpecker hammers. They also have an unusually long tongue which actually curls up around the back of the skull to provide even more shock absorbtion.
2007-03-24 16:40:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The beak and the head of a woodpecker is shock absorbing in the structure of the bird.
2007-03-24 16:29:13 · answer #2 · answered by pbpsrule 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A woodpecker was born to do what it does.
2007-03-24 16:19:59 · answer #3 · answered by sweetpeach_09 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they have a stash of aspirin hidden away in a tree. After wood-pecking, they take two beaks full and sleep it off.........
2007-03-24 16:24:18 · answer #4 · answered by Nightflyer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because their head's bone structure is shock absorbing.
2007-03-24 16:21:00 · answer #5 · answered by expatmt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he was designed to peck wood, so obviously his head is made to take the impact. I was not designed to peck wood so obviously it would bother me tremendously!
2007-03-24 16:24:40 · answer #6 · answered by DP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was made to woodpeck that is why
2007-03-24 16:22:26 · answer #7 · answered by Jibjab 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋