The reason for that is because the leg still has some potential difference in it...meaning there is still electricity in it and it will do that until the current dissapates due to the legs natural resistance. Because of the electricity, the muscles still twitch.
The reason for the chicken still running around after being beheaded is a little bit different. Did you know that the humans will do the same thing. The Mongolians such as Genghis Khan were notorious for that. They used to take a metallic disk, heat it up intensly, and then immediately after beheading a person, they would instantly put the disk on top of the body. Since the disk would be hot, it would melt the skin, and then stick with it. Because of this, no blood will leak therefore the only way for the person to die will be the lack of oxygen. So the person will still be alive after being beheaded completely.
2006-09-09 17:20:15
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answered by The Prince 6
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Reflex arcs. Walking is an extraordinarily complex activity that requires rapid feedback from the environment. If everything were processed in the head, the head would have to be bigger and the signals would have to travel farther requiring more time.
The process in humans is similar. The knee jerk reflex is created by stretching the patellar tendon with a hammer. The muscles adjust as if the the leg had changed position. In fact, if the spine is severed at a level above the area where the neurons interact, the reflex is accentuated.
2006-09-10 00:33:47
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answered by novangelis 7
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In chickens it's a spinal cord reflex. I guess grasshoppers have reflex arcs within the legs. Or could be their little muscles twitching, which is local spasm & able to see because the legs are so small.
Certainly it is research that will all have been done before, so there's no need for you to torture small creatures for curiosity.
Try not to do such pointlessly sadistic thing in the future.
2006-09-10 00:29:55
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answered by knewknickname 3
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The answer to the grasshopper explained , in layman's terms, helped me to understand why the wasp is still moving after it's head has been severed, however, the Genghis Khan history lesson with human beheading was not an image I wanted before bed. ICK
2013-09-29 21:46:34
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answered by Martha 1
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Try the same thing with your dog. Cut its leg off then attach electrodes to the muscle and watch the leg kick. We did this will frogs legs in biology.
2006-09-15 03:04:51
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answered by uselessadvice 4
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It's the nerves. Same as the frog. When you cut off a frog's legs to cook for eating, you had better be careful or it will jump out of the frying pan.
2006-09-10 00:32:46
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answered by country nana 3
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probably to entertain sadists that enjoy pulling legs off of grasshoppers...
2006-09-10 00:22:55
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answered by Marvin C 4
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Same reason that a chicken still runs after being beheaded.
2006-09-10 00:19:02
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answered by Anonymous
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its the nerves like the frog
2006-09-17 17:38:05
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answered by CHRISTOS Y 1
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I never knew that. I don't know why that happens, but I wanna know too.
2006-09-10 00:19:29
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answered by UVRay 6
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