In 1945 an ordinary chicken in Fruita, Colorado, was about to have an extraordinary day. His head was chopped off, but instead of dying, like most things do when decapitated, he survived for an astounding 18 months. He would go on a tour of the United States - generating thousands of dollars for his owners. This is the story of Mike the Headless Chicken.

Sources

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34198390

https://modernfarmer.com/2014/08/heres-chicken-can-live-without-head/

https://www.life.com/animals/life-with-mike-the-headless-chicken-photos-of-a-famously-tough-fowl/

Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chicken_without_a_head.png

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