How to beat your WoodPecker

[rbeau30]

I also was expecting at least a video when I started reading this thread. Just sayin'

[Hound]

I also was expecting at least a video when I started reading this thread. Just sayin'

Of what though?

[Lurch]

What is the mv spec on a male woodpecker?

The beak of the woodpeckers grows continuously precisely because of the way in which it is used. The sharp beak is used like a chisel. The beak hits the tree with a speed of 6-7 m (20-23 ft) per second, equaling 20 km (12 mi) per hour. The stop is instant. The slowdown at the impact is 1,000 times

more powerful

than the gravitational force, and about 100 times higher than the acceleration experienced by an astronaut during the launch of a spaceship. The brain of a woodpecker, that weighs a mere 2 to 4 grams, can stand the shock and the speed with which the blows of the head take place because of the large cranial surface (which distributes the shock evenly) and the stiff neck muscles which do not allow the twist of the neck.

[ThunderSquirrel]

And to think I just waste my time shooting them.

I wouldn't admit that to anyone, they are protected in Colorado.

[ray1970]

I wouldn't admit that to anyone, they are protected in Colorado.

I was speaking theoretically of course.



But, is it a big no-no to shoot them if they are destroying your property?

[ThunderSquirrel]

Since they fall under the non-game/migratory status, it is. You are supposed to get a federal permit, and get the DOW involved. Prove damage, etc.

Theoretically, of course.

[ray1970]

Man, glad I never actually shot one.

[rbeau30]

Of what though?

Of something I would need brain bleach for. tis why it too so lng for me to drum up the courage.

[brutal]

And to think I just waste my time imagining shooting them.

FIFY

[GilpinGuy]

Man, glad I never actually shot one.

Yeah, me too. Destructive little bastards. It would be wrong though.