A pressing question: How a woodpecker gets unstuck

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Scientists say they have discovered why a woodpecker's beak doesn't get stuck when it drills into a tree. They took high-speed videos of two black woodpeckers (Dryocopus martius) pecking away at hardwood trunks and analyzed them frame by frame. The bird's secret: Once the bill hits the wood, its head rotates slightly to the side, and the top part of the beak moves independently from the skull. This action creates space between the beak tip and the wood inside the hole, allowing the bird to easily retract its beak, the team reported last week at the virtual annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Until now, scientists thought woodpecker bills would need to be rigidly attached to the skull.
Science 15 Jan 2021:
Vol. 371, Issue 6526, pp. 216-217

 

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Scientists say they have discovered why a woodpecker's beak doesn't get stuck when it drills into a tree. They took high-speed videos of two black woodpeckers (Dryocopus martius) pecking away at hardwood trunks and analyzed them frame by frame. The bird's secret: Once the bill hits the wood, its head rotates slightly to the side, and the top part of the beak moves independently from the skull. This action creates space between the beak tip and the wood inside the hole, allowing the bird to easily retract its beak, the team reported last week at the virtual annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Until now, scientists thought woodpecker bills would need to be rigidly attached to the skull.
Science 15 Jan 2021:
Vol. 371, Issue 6526, pp. 216-217
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Great info , more evidence of God's creation .

 

[Duckyou]

I will keep in mind to twist my pecker the next time it gets stuck.

 

[stage20]

Video?

 

[FrommerStop]

Video?

Of the woodpecker or pecker for video?

 

[Duckyou]

Video?

Just google “pecker video”

 

[FrommerStop]

Just google “pecker video”

You mean like this

 

[ls1_guru]

I will keep in mind to twist my pecker the next time it gets stuck.

That's why you only stick it in self lubricating places..

Atleast have a plan if you get your pecker stuck on a regular basis...

 

[FLT]

Hey a flat dog, the other dog is just trying to pump the flat dog up.

 

[fl57caveman]

I will keep in mind to twist my pecker the next time it gets stuck.

they charge like a new marine with a BAR, they retreat like a drunk sailor crawling to the taxi..