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Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds (med.stanford.edu)

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[–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Headless chickens are a good example of this. If the chop leaves enough of the brain stem intact, then the now headless chicken can still run around and "live" for some time. Since "running around like a headless chicken" is a saying in several languages, this probably wasn't an ultra rare occurrence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken