It was thought that spongy bone in woodpeckers’ heads cushioned their brains from hard knocks, but in fact their skulls are stiff like a hammer.
Woodpeckers don’t have built-in shock absorbers to protect their brain
Posted in neuroscience
Posted in neuroscience
It was thought that spongy bone in woodpeckers’ heads cushioned their brains from hard knocks, but in fact their skulls are stiff like a hammer.