![Jamez Michael🥀 on Twitter: "Ok I can't be the only one who didn't know this... a woodpeckers tongue wraps around its skull to protect its brain.🤯😂😱 https://t.co/POcv7ny4gu" / Twitter Jamez Michael🥀 on Twitter: "Ok I can't be the only one who didn't know this... a woodpeckers tongue wraps around its skull to protect its brain.🤯😂😱 https://t.co/POcv7ny4gu" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECmWRtFXsAE4Gv2.jpg)
Jamez Michael🥀 on Twitter: "Ok I can't be the only one who didn't know this... a woodpeckers tongue wraps around its skull to protect its brain.🤯😂😱 https://t.co/POcv7ny4gu" / Twitter
![Contrary to popular belief, woodpeckers don't protect their brains when headbanging trees | Science | AAAS Contrary to popular belief, woodpeckers don't protect their brains when headbanging trees | Science | AAAS](https://www.science.org/do/10.1126/science.add9343/abs/_20220714_snow-woodpecker.jpg)
Contrary to popular belief, woodpeckers don't protect their brains when headbanging trees | Science | AAAS
![living morganism 🌱 on Twitter: "A woodpecker's tongue contains bone and cartilage, and it wraps around the brain to absorb shock when the bird is slamming its face against trees. I think living morganism 🌱 on Twitter: "A woodpecker's tongue contains bone and cartilage, and it wraps around the brain to absorb shock when the bird is slamming its face against trees. I think](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Et9gHljXAAIEZjE.jpg)