Woodpeckers put their WHOLE BODIES into the peck.
Every time. Super fast! They exhale like they're doing HIIT, their neck muscles tense. They basically become tiny feathered hammers.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/woodpecker-hammering-full-body-muscles
Bethany Brookshire
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