Woodpeckers – Black Boxes
Woodpeckers are one of the most interesting birds that exists – they are able to knock their head like a drill toward wood for long time without damaging their head. The reason is that their skulls naturally build with incredible shock absorbers – this fact made many scientists curious.
Researchers from UC Berkeley showed that the woodpecker’s beak is filled with spongy and cerebrospinal fluid that helps them absorb the shock impacts. Researchers converted this concept into a black box to put on airplanes. Thanks to the woodpeckers, those flight recorders have better chances to survive a plane crash and help up figure out what happened to the planes.
