Timeline for Anatomically correct metalhead, part 1 - headbanging
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| Nov 21, 2018 at 15:36 | vote | accept | The Square-Cube Law | ||
| Nov 21, 2018 at 8:51 | comment | added | KalleMP | You need to have a lot of fluid to prevent the brain hitting the skull. - flickr.com/photos/hefka/402770303 | |
| Nov 20, 2018 at 8:17 | comment | added | Flater | @chaslyfromUK: Rams and metalheads engage in very different forms of headbanging. Rams, well, ram with their head, which is a linear force in one direction applied to another object. They need a straight and inflexible spine to prevent their spines from buckling. As established in the answer, metalheads mainly have to deal with oscillation, not exerting force on other objects, and they will require a flexible spine (at least at the neck) - the opposite of what a ram needs. | |
| Nov 20, 2018 at 3:33 | comment | added | fluffy | @chaslyfromUK Woodpeckers have specific adaptations for it. I assume fighting rams as well. | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 22:48 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | Woodpeckers do it. Fighting rams do it. Why not humans? | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 20:06 | comment | added | asgallant | @eries yes, but it is nowhere near enough to protect against the damage possible from headbanging as describe in the OP's question. The brain would be slamming into the front and back of the skull at 3-4Hz for extended periods of time. Even without the extremes of headbanging the OP proposes, people in the real world have experienced internal bleeding and concussion symptoms from headbanging (not common, but it happens). The headbangers would be prone to dizziness, nausea, and headaches without proper brain protection. | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 19:57 | comment | added | user56803 | @asgallant the beain has already a protective fluid surrounding it. | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 18:55 | comment | added | asgallant | Headbangers would need extra protection for their brains as well, as repetitively banging ones head causes impact damage to the brain if done for too long. Perhaps there is some kind of brain shrink/skull expansion combined with a airbag-like fluid sacs surrounding the brain? | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 18:04 | history | edited | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 19, 2018 at 17:04 | history | answered | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |