• Deme@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    27 days ago

    IIRC this theory was debunked some time ago by a study. If you think about it, any dampening within the skull would lessen the force of the pecking and the bird would have to hammer away harder.

    Edit: Link to a study

  • highduc@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    27 days ago

    Reminds me of a joke I’m going to attempt to translate:

    • Why do woodpeckers have beaks?
    • So they don’t smash their heads against the tree.
    • iheartneopets@lemm.eeEnglish
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      26 days ago

      That made me chuckle, thanks for posting it. Kinda reminds me of a joke-phrase in American English that goes “If a frog had wings it wouldn’t bump its ass when it hopped.”