I’ve just discovered that there is such a thing as a poisonous bird.
If the universe wants me to get out of the Sassy nature trivia kink rut, it has to stop presenting me with these factoids.
Welllllllll….
Did you know that one of the reasons that woodpeckers don’t suffer concussions when they bang their beaks into a tree is that they have an extra long tongue that wraps around their head?
There’s actually a compression collar that works on the same principle to help prevent concussions in athletes. The collar puts pressure on the jugular veins to increase intracranial pressure just enough to keep things from bouncing around in your skull as much. They’ve had some early good results.
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And then there’s the recently discovered fact that dung beetles use celestial objects to orient themselves, so they can roll their balls of dung in as short and straight a lines as possible to lessen the chances of some other dung beetle stealing it. When the sun is out, they use the sun. When the sun has gone to bed, they use the moon. When it’s a dark moonless night, they use they Milky Way.
Hearseeno 