I heard a rumor that it could still live and hear for seven seconds.
On the grapevine like.
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Fri 2 Dec 2005, 15:30,
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There was something like that in some crappy 80's werewolf film.
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Fri 2 Dec 2005, 15:33,
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that's a headless chicken
and it refers to the body, as the heart continues to pump as there is a continuation of normality for it until it realises no impulses are coming from the brain, but headless chickens have survived lots longer
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