When woodpeckers drill into a tree trunk, their skulls can experience mechanical shocks in excess of 1,200 g – hundreds of times stronger than the g-forces which astronauts might experience – and yet the birds do not appear to be in any way damaged, and are apparently immune to headaches. But what would happen to […]
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Woodpeckers – the shock potential
“A woodpecker is known to drum the hard woody surface of a tree at a rate of 18 to 22 times per second with a deceleration of 1200 g, yet with no sign of blackout or brain damage.” Suggesting, to some, the question : “How does the bird strike its beak against a tree repeatedly […]