Mike the headless chicken??

[DrPizza]

here

I'm having trouble believing it.
While my chicken anatomy is, admittedly, weak, how do you cut off a head and "miss" the jugular?

 

[Goosemaster]

dr skribble: wiki.wiki.wiki.

wiki is not gospel

 

[MercenaryForHire]

True.

- M4H

 

[loic2003]

true, and kinda gross.

 

[zebano]

Not a hoax. For more stories like that buy Einsteins refrigerator by Steve Silverman. He's a physics professor who collected lots of crazy stories to help keep his classes attention.

It looks like there is a web site, but maybe not by the same guy.
http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/site_index/

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/074071...1486-2568162?n=507846&s=books&v=glanceThe book on amazon

 

[Raiden256]

Search

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Raiden256
Search

I'm amazed that it's a repost. I didn't bother searching, sorry.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

true...

 

[LeiZaK]

That's one way to get ahead in life.

 

[alien42]

mike the headless chicken was real

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
True.

- M4H

 

[Mucho]

www.guinnessworldrecords.com

 

[DrPizza]

Wow, I've got to find a someone with a PhD in veterinary medicine who can explain how this is possible. I thought breathing and heart rate were controlled by parts of the brain.

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Wow, I've got to find a someone with a PhD in veterinary medicine who can explain how this is possible. I thought breathing and heart rate were controlled by parts of the brain.

IIRC, the head was cut off so that a part of the brain stem(the part that controls these vital funcitons) was still attached to the spinal cord.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Wow, I've got to find a someone with a PhD in veterinary medicine who can explain how this is possible. I thought breathing and heart rate were controlled by parts of the brain.

Post mortem, it was determined that the axe blade had missed the jugular vein and a clot had prevented Mike from bleeding to death. Although most of his head was severed, most of his brain stem and one ear was left on his body. Since most of a chicken's reflex actions are controlled by the brain stem Mike was able to remain quite healthy.

Edit: From your own wiki link, btw.

 

[asm0deus]

there have been documented cases of human beings living a normal life utilizing nothing but their brain stem.. this is not that amazing.

 

[MX2]

Thread resurrection

Ugh...I just saw this on Ripley's

 

[Juno]

call snopes??