How Does a Woodpecker Get Insects to Stick to It’s Tongue? Intelligent Design!

A barbed tongue and glue? Seriously? And there’s even more? Look deeper and see God defying the odds and delighting us with His cleverness. Click over to the full Family Conquest. The “To Do” activity in the Wrapping It Up section asks families to share stories about banging their head and how it affected them.

(View segment from :08 to 5:18)

Spiritual Nuggets for Family Discussion

Open with a prayer.
(i.e. a Glory Be, or Our Father, or Hail Mary, or ‘Jesus, Mary, Joseph, we love You! Save souls!’)

What are some of the special characteristics of a woodpecker?

  • An industrial-strength beak.
  • Two toes in front and two in the back for better maneuvering up and down a tree trunk.
  • Special tail feathers that are spongy and tough.
  • A shock absorber between its beak and its skull.
  • The thickest skull (by body weight) of any creature.
  • A tongue that is as long as 10 inches, with a barbed tip.
  • A glue factory on its tongue to help stick to bugs.
  • A solvent that dissolves the glue when the bug is in its beak.
  • Fast reflexes to open and close its eyes between each peck.

What can we learn about God through His creature the woodpecker?

  • That He masterfully planned every detail of creation.
  • He loves to delight us with amazing works.
  • He must really love us to put on such a fantastic show for us to see through all of creation.

Close with a prayer.

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