We respect your privacy. Because of anxiety or other issues, some people grind their teeth or clench their jaw thousands of times a night while they sleep. They put so much pressure on their jaws â 250 pounds (or more) worth of force â that they wear down their teeth, sometimes even causing joint and muscle problems.
Alabama is the only state with a woodpecker for a state bird. The yellowhammer was adopted on September 6, 1927. It is more properly called a Northern Flicker.
The ivory-billed woodpecker ranks among the largest woodpeckers in the world and is the largest in the United States. The closely related and likewise possibly extinct imperial woodpecker (C. imperialis) of western Mexico is, or was, the largest woodpecker. Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis bairdii or Campephilus bairdii), now believed to be extinct. 2  American ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis principalis or Campephilus principalis), described here.