Most woodpeckers can tap their bills 25 times per second to drill holes in trees. These kinds of blows would leave most people dizzy and off balance, but these birds have skulls that absorb the impacts and stiff tail feathers that brace them on trees.
Industrial Strength Woodpecker
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OMG! thats so cool! that a lot of pecking. it would hurt my beak!
I think i saw one of these once in my backyard. it was cool. I also saw a hawk once! that was cool and scary
they are pretty.
I can’t beleve they cn peck that fast!
Wow! I can’t beleve they cn peck that fast!
that’s the real bird brain!
Woodpeckers are very interesting.
We had a mother woodpecker teaching a baby to “tap tap tap” on our house!!
I think that their tongues wrap around their skulls!
That’s amazing!
cool