14/05/2026
As their name suggests, woodpeckers are known for pecking trees to forage for insects - but they also use this drilling motion, which creates a drumming sound, to communicate. Woodpeckers have specially evolved to perform these tasks without damaging their brain. They have a padded skull and a hyoid bone which acts as a safety belt that wraps around their skull, and attaches between their eyes protecting their brain from the continuous impact. This is a female banded woodpecker, native to tropical southeastern Asia.