Woodpeckers don't have built-in shock absorbers to protect their brain

It was thought that spongy bone in woodpeckers’ heads cushioned their brains from hard knocks, but in fact their skulls are stiff like a hammer

Woodpeckers don't have built-in shock absorbers to protect their brain
It was thought that spongy bone in woodpeckers’ heads cushioned their brains from hard knocks, but in fact their skulls are stiff like a hammer