One Smart Woodpecker

How does a woodpecker outsmart a snake? Find out next on today's Creation Moment.

And now here is our Creation Moments host, Ian Taylor.

The red coca-edied woodpecker is one smart bird. While most woodpeckers choose a dead tree,

our smart woodpecker chooses a living pine tree of about 60 years old. It is at about

this age that a fungus infection begins to rot away the heartwood of the tree. Over months,

or even sometimes years, that woodpecker works his way through the living tissue to the hollow

centre where he will build his nest. The nest cavity is always above the level of shrub growth

in order to provide a safe haven from any forest fires. In addition, the grey rat snake and

natural enemy of the woodpecker can also climb pine trees, but the snake does not like the gummy

resin from the pine tree. In fact, snakes that encounter the resin will begin to rye than fall

to the ground. So to make sure that its home is absolutely safe, the woodpecker drills a series

of holes around the access hole leading to his nest. The holes are kept open so that the nest

hole is always protected by the resin. The red coca-edied woodpecker carefully selects a site for

its home in order to be safe from both fire and a natural predator, using the natural chemistry

of the tree to aid its survival. Obviously, this intelligence was given to the woodpecker by the

creator since trial and error cannot explain such careful planning. To get our daily creation

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