Field guide No. 417
Woodpecker’s perfect cube burst
Precision chipping.
A red-crested woodpecker hammers into a mossy tree trunk, and the wood flies out as a shower of neat, square-cut wooden cubes. It has been practising.
Field noteWood splinters along the grain. Square-cut cubes need a saw the bird doesn’t carry.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Heavy break on the greenFelt doesn’t sag like a rubber sheet under light balls. This table lectures on gravity.
Soft landingDandelion seeds fly well, up to a few milligrams. Cabins sit outside the specification.
Private weatherSmall sparks are allowed; static manages them daily. Inside a snail shell they are merely misplaced.
Fog in the quiet carFog that keeps to one seat ignores diffusion. Polite passengers do exist, if rarely.