How long can a chicken live without its head ?
A chicken can live without its for about two years.
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| Mike "The Headless Chicken" Image Credit: interestingfacts.org |
A Real Story About A Chicken:
Can't believe? Well let me explain.This is a real story about a chicken ,who soon became a national celebrity. On 10 September 1945, a plump young cockerel in Frutica, Colorado, had his head chopped off and lived. Incredibly the axe missed the jugular vein and left enough of brain stem attached to the neck for him to survive and even thrive.
Mike-"The Headless Wonder Chicken":
Mike as he was called, he became a national celebrity, touring the entire country and he even featured in Time and Life magazines. His owner, Lloyd Olsen, charged twenty-five cents for a chance to meet him in sideshows across the USA. Mike would appear complete with a dried chicken's head head purporting to be his own - in fact, the Olsen's cat had made off with the original.
Mike's Income ! :
At the height of his fame, mike was making $4500 a month, and was valued at $10,000. His success resulted in a wave of chicken beheading, though none of the unfortunate victims lived for more than a day or two.
Mike' Diet:
Mike was fed and watered using an eyedropper. In the two years after he lost his head, he put on nearly six pounds and spent his time happily preening and 'pecking!' for food with his neck. One of the person who knew Mike commented : "He was a big fat chicken who didn't know he didn't have a head."
Mike's Tragedy:
After creating a record of the longest living headless chicken, the tragedy stuck one night in a motel room in Phoenix, Arizona. Mike started to choke and Lloyd Olsen, to his horror, realised he'd left the eyedropper at the previous day's show. Unable to clear his airways. Mike choked to death.Mike remains a cult figure in Colorado and, every may since 1999. Fruita has marked his passing with 'Mike The Headless Chicken' Day.
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