A Woodpecker’s tongue is so long that it wraps around its skull

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• artifex@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  It acts as a shock absorber for its brain.

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  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨14⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    I watched a video about this but idk where. Anyone have the link?

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• moldyringwald@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Jesus is that what cushions their brain from all the violent headbanging?

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• Jerb322@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Before you get any ideas. They also have little hooks covering the end of it, to pull bugs out of tight places.

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