A study published in the journal Current Biology has analyzed how woodpeckers are able to drill into trees without injuring their beaks or sustaining brain damage. A biomechanics researcher from the University of Antwerp in Belgium, Sam Van Wassenbergh, said several beliefs about woodpeckers’ pecking activities are untrue. The researchers said woodpeckers do not absorb shocks to their
A new study refutes the popular idea that a woodpecker's brain is cushioned from the violent impacts of pecking. It offers a different reason the birds avoid brain damage.