A woodpecker's tongue contracts to wrap around it's brain to protect it against impact when it's pecking away at a tree! I. did. not. know. that. Amazing! And pretty cool!
I would have thought of some kind of cushioning material but not that Reminded Mr 'pede of the pictures we have of woodpeckers taken from our backyard when we lived in FL But I think my little play on words got missed in the OP
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