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Mike the Headless Chicken survived for 18 months without a head (www.life.com)

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That's a gentle way of describing his death (he choked to death after his owner lost the little suction device needed to clear his throat). Poor Mike.

[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I doubt it's like anything to be a headless chicken. Whatever little consciousness there may have been probably shut off the moment the neck was severed.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

According to our current models, yes.

Assuming said models' brainstems're attached to consciousness(es), of course. Not many do. 🤫