# Episode 420 – Pileated Woodpecker: Built to Bash

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Podcast: [Life, Death, and Taxonomy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-death-and-taxonomy-228276)
Published: 2026-05-16T17:04:14+00:00
Episode link: http://ldtaxonomy.com/podcast/pileated-woodpecker/
Audio file: http://ldtaxonomy.com/podcast-download/1947/pileated-woodpecker.mp3
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Duration seconds: 2216

## Resource

“&#8230;and today we’re talking about a pileated pile driver. But more on that later.” Somewhere deep in the forest, a feathered jackhammer slaves away to fill all the trees with holes. The pileated woodpecker attacks hardwood with its whole face and somehow strolls away from repeated headfirst collisions with nary a scratch, let alone constant [&#8230;]

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