Disturbing But Important Facts You Should Know

Woodpeckers Wrap Their Tongues Around Their Brains To Protect Them From The Vibrations Of Their Drilling

The common woodpecker has an incredibly long tongue, long enough to reach deep into the bark of the tree that it drills to extract the insects that call the wood it pecks home. That long tongue is kept sheathed in an unlikely place, around the bird's brain. This has the double function of creating a tongue cushion for the bird's brain while it does its drilling work.