if it was fed introvenously ?? - As it possible for a chicken to survive for a few minutes after having its head ripped off, i was just wondering could it survive for longer, e.g. 18 months ??
2007-03-23 01:54:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Yeah there was a story about a headless chicken in the 1920's the thing toured the world. The farmer who owned the chicken didn't chop the head off right and left enough of the brain and brain stem for the chicken to survive. It had a name and was quite famous for a chicken.
http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/story.html
2007-03-23 04:21:50 · answer #1 · answered by Sunday P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now if the chicken was on a life support system that would be different. with the exception of the blood pumping through the body and escaping at the neck, the chicken could live indefinately. Why the need to keep a chicken alive though? Pluck 'em, fry 'em and eat 'em!!!
2007-03-23 09:01:34 · answer #2 · answered by sisterchick1274 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We Won't know until Nancy Pelosi achieves that Milestone in the House of Reps.
2007-03-23 08:58:50 · answer #3 · answered by VileBillC 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Like you, the heart is controlled by the brain, and so is breathing. No head, no pulse or breathing.
2007-03-23 08:58:22 · answer #4 · answered by wildbill05733 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no. once the head is gone the heart stops getting the message to beat and it dies.
2007-03-23 09:03:47 · answer #5 · answered by tamara 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the head has the brain - which controls all bodily functions - i.e. the heart which keeps it alive - so there is no way.....
2007-03-23 08:57:19 · answer #6 · answered by T F 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
only if it's an alien chicken .....
2007-03-23 09:11:59 · answer #7 · answered by chara 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-03-23 09:01:51 · answer #8 · answered by Curly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋