Woodpeckers!

 You would think that slamming your head against a tree repeatedly at 16 mph would cause you to get a headache or maybe even worse. So then you ask yourself, "Can a woodpecker get brain damage?".
This was the question psychiatrist Philip May asked to his fellow colleagues at UCLA.
Shock absorbers are springy mechanical creations used in cars to make your drive a little more smoother, hence the name, "shock absorber". Similarly a woodpecker has a spongy patch of bone around the front of its skull that scientists believe act as a shock absorber. Woodpeckers also have a bone called a hyoid that wraps around the woodpecker's head and brain. The UCLA team also discovered that the woodpecker's brain is packed tightly unlike the human brain. Compared to a normal bird, the woodpecker's skull is more stronger and dense. After doing research, when Philip May published his research about the woodpecker in 1979, a neurologist claimed to have seen a woodpecker slam into his window and die several hours later from cerebral trauma. I think that a woodpecker is a really cool creature. Shaking your head back and forth at 16 mph is pretty amazing. The average human can run about 6-7 miles per hour!
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