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Headless rooster Mike (10 photos)
"Headless rooster lives after hitting an ax." That is so in the magazine LIFE of 22 October 1945 he was the headline on an article about ... headless cock naturally.
"Since September 10," - said the magazine to its readers - "Mike breed Wyandotte rooster living without a head. Mike lost his head by a traditional chicken - Mrs. Olson, the wife of a farmer in Fruita, Colorado, has decided to make dinner, and cut off the head of Mike. Mike got up and started walking around as if nothing happened. Mrs. Olson cut off most of the skull, but one ear, jugular Vienna and the lower part of the brain that controls motor function, survived ".
See photos and decide for yourself - believe it or not.
1. Headless rooster Mike in October 1945. On the day of his "execution" Mike was asleep, hiding his head under its wing. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
2. Mike "dancing." (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
3. Mike is on the mower. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
4. Mike on the farm in Colorado. "Wonder Mike", as some newspapers dubbed him, lived 18 months without a head. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
5. suitcase with facilities for feeding, such as a pipette, with which the food is placed in the esophagus. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
6. Feeding Mike. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
7. Hope Wade - promoter Mike povezshy the country and earn money. Colorado, 1945. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
8. Mike sits in the grass. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
9. Promoter Hope Mike Wade holds his head. Some said that the present head of the cat ate Olson, and this belongs to another rooster. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
"Since September 10," - said the magazine to its readers - "Mike breed Wyandotte rooster living without a head. Mike lost his head by a traditional chicken - Mrs. Olson, the wife of a farmer in Fruita, Colorado, has decided to make dinner, and cut off the head of Mike. Mike got up and started walking around as if nothing happened. Mrs. Olson cut off most of the skull, but one ear, jugular Vienna and the lower part of the brain that controls motor function, survived ".
See photos and decide for yourself - believe it or not.
1. Headless rooster Mike in October 1945. On the day of his "execution" Mike was asleep, hiding his head under its wing. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
2. Mike "dancing." (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
3. Mike is on the mower. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
4. Mike on the farm in Colorado. "Wonder Mike", as some newspapers dubbed him, lived 18 months without a head. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
5. suitcase with facilities for feeding, such as a pipette, with which the food is placed in the esophagus. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
6. Feeding Mike. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
7. Hope Wade - promoter Mike povezshy the country and earn money. Colorado, 1945. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
8. Mike sits in the grass. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
9. Promoter Hope Mike Wade holds his head. Some said that the present head of the cat ate Olson, and this belongs to another rooster. (Bob Landry-Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)
