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Downy Woodpeckers 'Grunt' as They Turn Their Bodies Into Hammers to Drill Into Trees

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Downy Woodpeckers 'Grunt' as They Turn Their Bodies Into Hammers to Drill Into Trees

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Researchers studied the combination of muscles and breaths that the tiny birds use as they strike trees with their beaks

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I spotted this downy the other day.
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  Cute bird. Thanks for posting!
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I would grunt too, if my body was a hammer drill

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