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A woodpecker's tongue is so long that it wraps around the skull to protect its brain

Posted on 4/28/18 at 8:16 pm
Posted by HeLeakin
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 8:16 pm
Posted by shutterspeed
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 8:17 pm to
Woodpecker tongue, meet pellet gun.
Posted by gthog61
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 8:17 pm to
and a female woodpecker can grin so wide that the back of her head can touch her neck
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 8:20 pm to
Your mom called me woodpecker last night
Posted by Marco Esquandolas
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Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 8:21 pm to
Soccer board
Posted by Jorts R Us
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 8:22 pm to
quote:

and a female woodpecker can grin so wide that the back of her head can touch her neck


I’d keep that to myself, baw.
Posted by Kvothe
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 8:26 pm to
I never knew that. It’s kind of shocking.
Posted by younger now
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 9:09 pm to
I legit thought this was a Pecker thread.
Posted by KosmoCramer
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 9:10 pm to
NFL football players need to look into this.
Posted by vuvuzela
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 9:11 pm to
That’s fricking interesting
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 9:16 pm to
Pecker goes further in depth. Which is why animal talk is best with him

I still didnt know this. Cool post OP
This post was edited on 4/28/18 at 9:17 pm
Posted by cattus
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 9:20 pm to
It wraps around its brain, what else ya wanna know?
Posted by AMS
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 9:26 pm to
quote:

A woodpecker's tongue is so long that it wraps around the skull to protect its brain



None of those images illustrate a protective purpose for the tongue, only that its so long it wraps around the entire head. Cite 1 piece of evidence that the tongue is for protective rather than feeding mechanisms (edit-) or change the title please
This post was edited on 4/28/18 at 9:27 pm
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 9:29 pm to
It does mash its face into trees.
Posted by djangochained
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 9:32 pm to
So did I
Posted by AMS
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 9:33 pm to
quote:

It does mash its face into trees.



Right, and the brain protection is attributed to musculature and bony structure, not tongue length as far as I am aware.
Posted by JackieTreehorn
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 9:33 pm to
Good luck trying to follow that baw.
Posted by el Gaucho
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 9:34 pm to
That's how it feels when your gf makes out with me
Posted by Havoc
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Posted on 4/28/18 at 10:00 pm to
That's fricking awesome.
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