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Woodpeckers don't have built-in shock absorbers to protect their brain

It was thought that spongy bone in woodpeckers’ heads cushioned their brains from hard knocks, but in fact their skulls are stiff like a ham..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2328724-woodpeckers-dont-have-built-in-shock-absorbers-to-protect-their-brain/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

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