why don't woodpeckers get concussions

Woodpeckers' head-pounding pecking subjects

them to enormous forces

Woodpeckers head-pounding pecking makes them

experience 1,000 G’s

The Maximum G forces a human can survive is 46

G’s

Woodpeckers have thick neck Muscles.

Third inner eyelid to prevent there eyes from

popping out.

Brain is surrounded by thick bone

Thick, plate like spongy bone

Tiny beamlike projections of bone that acts as

armor protecting the brain

The beak of the Woodpeckers has rod structures.

These structures absorb the impact instead of

transferring it toward the brain

The findings could be important to prevent Brain

injuries.

Understanding the skull could help scientists

develop better protective headgear for sports and

dangerous work

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