Comparison of the skull and brain for a human and an acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus).

This work was done for MITx and Dr. Lorna Gibson, professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. For more information, see Built to Peck: How Woodpeckers Avoid Brain Injury and her associated edX course, 3.054x (Cellular Solids: Structures, Properties and Engineering Applications).