Do woodpeckers get brain damage or concussions from pecking wood too much, if no how is it possible?

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Do woodpeckers get brain damage or concussions from pecking wood too much, if no how is it possible?

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Their tongues wrap around their brains to cushion the blow.

[I’m not shitting you. It’s true](https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/news/science/woodpeckers-hammer-without-headaches/)

1000G’s on impact. Imagine that.

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