An impressive will to live:p

Tosho · Post by **Tosho** » 2003-07-29 05:46am

link.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-07-29 06:32am

Ok,

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-07-29 07:16am

He pecked for food and preened his feathers just like the rest of his barnyard buddies.

Without his head? Riiiiiight, chickens sorta need that eyesight and beak for those particular activities. And if the chicken is truly sans head, how did the ear stay on?

Tosho · Post by **Tosho** » 2003-07-29 07:55am

Darth Fanboy wrote:
He pecked for food and preened his feathers just like the rest of his barnyard buddies.
Without his head? Riiiiiight, chickens sorta need that eyesight and beak for those particular activities. And if the chicken is truly sans head, how did the ear stay on?

Technically it's head wasn't completly chopped off, and I'm pretty sure they didn't mean he actually doing those two activities just trying.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-07-29 08:00am

Pecking for food and preenign featehrs are not automatic reflexes. they are positive actions.

Sorry, this is Bullshit.

Tosho · Post by **Tosho** » 2003-07-29 08:38am

innerbrat wrote:Pecking for food and preenign featehrs are not automatic reflexes. they are positive actions.

Sorry, this is Bullshit.

I first saw this bizare anecdote on p.b.s. which had a show on chickens, so I went on the internet to look and I found a site other than one I posted, it listed five references:

The Official Mike the Headless Chicken Book,
Life Magazine
The Edmonton Sun
Denver Rocky Mountain News
Denver Post

http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/headless_chicken/

And the straight dope:

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_086.html

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2003-07-29 02:14pm

ya see, this is the kinda stuff that i just dont need to know -,-