Date: 11/21/25 7:49 am From: imbercj--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Woodpecking physiology, Science Friday podcast
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From: Arthur Shippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2025 10:14 AM
To: General reports Birds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Woodpecking physiology, Science Friday podcast
Of general interest: Link to the podcast page for this episode of
WNYC‘s science Friday.
. . . [2]How a woodpecker pecks wood, and how ants crown a queen
….
A team of researchers at Brown has pecked away at the mysterious force
of woodpeckers, revealing how the birds combine breathing and
whole-body coordination to drill into trees with extraordinary force.
“I think one of the most stunning things that we found in this study
was that… they’re engaging everything from head and neck muscles, which
you might expect, all the way down to muscles in their tail and hips as
they push forward during these strikes,” said lead author Nicholas
Antonson, a postdoctoral research fellow in ecology, evolution and
organismal biology at Brown.
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