I watch the History Channel a lot. Not as much lately since its not one of the HD channels, but I've built up a veritable useless treasure trove of snippets of historical facts and intrigue. Last night PBS aired a two hour long show on the History of Chickens. I watched 10 minutes of it because those few moments were devoted to Mike the Headless Chicken
A regular chicken, one day in 1945, was chosen as dinner. Normally that story would end fried and delicious. Not Mike. No, he had something more weird to give. He lived. Due to a careless, but nonetheless successful, beheading, Mike held onto his brain stem and one ear. Thats all it took for him to remain cock of the walk in the barnyard. And in no time at all he was picking out the tallest perches, feebly crowing/gargling at the sun, and eating the choicest corn by eyedropper delivery. He lived for another year and half after his beheading. Which is longer than most fully-headed chickens get to live. Mind, meet Blown.
Video of Headless Chicken? Video of Headless Chicken.
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