decapitation: you can feel your nose hit the ground when your head is chopped off

[ruthless29]

Someone told me that when a person is decaptitated they can feel there nose touch the ground... scientifically proven...
And that chickens, once their head is chopped off.. in the proper environment, they can continue to grow...and live for a while...
Is it true?

If this is the case, can someones (human beings) head be chopped off and with proper care, can they still be kept alive?

[Hulkster]

Someone also told me you could see for 60 seconds after your head as been chopped off.

[BobW]

I don't think humans would feel their head touch the ground... I dont' even want to know how someone thinks they could measure this.

Chickens will live for a couple of minutes without their head. You've heard the expression "running around like a chicken with its head cut off"... it exists for a reason.

Cockroaches (don't we just love them!) can live for a couple of WEEKS with their head chopped off.

The lower the species on the development chain, the longer it can live as its neurological system does less and less control of the organs.

[PrimoTurbo]

It's possible but does it really matter? I mean your dead a few seconds after.

[MrDisco]

The state of our educational system is truly appalling.

[15-20_God]

The state of our educational system is truly appalling.

don't blame the system, blame the student.

[wanted]

We need to try this then.
I can't volunteer though.

[hyperion]

don't blame the system, blame the student.
Its more like 70% system's fault, 30% student's.

[15-20_God]

Its more like 70% system's fault, 30% student's.

kinda like how athletes blame their equipment for their poor performance.

[bug]

if you lost your head would you even notice :confused:

[hyperion]

kinda like how athletes blame their equipment for their poor performance.

Trust me it's the system, take a look at pretty much any European educational system. One of their 50% students(there aren't many) can probably get 70-80% in Canada or US. Who would you say is to blame for that, the student or the system?

[henryh]

And that chickens, once their head is chopped off.. in the proper environment, they can continue to grow...and live for a while...


You mean Mike (http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/)? He was one chicken who lived for a while after his head was chopped off, but it wasn't because of environment.

[b166er1337]

if you lost your head would you even notice :confused:

yeah, the blood left in your brain is enough to sustain your senses for several seconds. So you will definately know when & after your head has been chopped off. :(

[insanity]

One of my friends went down to Saudi Arabia and actually say one of the public decapitations they did on a criminal. He said he couldn't eat for a week. Basically a car pulls up with a hooded man, he comes out with his sword and cuts the person's head off.

[CSR]

Doesn't it disconnect you from your central nervous system wen your head gets cut off?

[b166er1337]

Doesn't it disconnect you from your central nervous system wen your head gets cut off?

CNS consists of brain and spinal cord. As for most people, their brains are inside their heads ;)

[CSR]

O right.

[Kommander_KornFlakes]

There are stories of machete fights and hands being cutted off.... and they still keep gripping the machete and moving around, crawling like spiders on the ground. Ugly.

[artemm]

why would you even consider what happens after decapitation? if the concept is so fascinating to you, subscribe to ogrish and watch those disgusting videos... it may just answer your question. i once got tricked into seeing the first few seconds of their "preview" video... i couldn't sleep that night.

Btw, this isn't to blame on the students at all. the system is wholly responsible due to terrible teaching practices. sadly, the policy-makers are aware of this and won't do a thing... because they're afraid of what students who can think critically might do.

[me!]

is this info coming from al jazeera ?

[ah802]

yeah, the blood left in your brain is enough to sustain your senses for several seconds. So you will definately know when & after your head has been chopped off. :(You lose fluid pressure quickly and consious thought is gone (as quickly as if someone knocked you on the head).

As far as the chicken is concerned, a lot of the movement is autonomic but balance and senses are gone. There was once a side show that showed a chicken with it's head knocked off, that had been alive for years... the truth was that their was enough brain tissue remaining at the top of the neck to keep the chicken going, it had to be fed with an eye dropper and the wounds had to be kept clean.... it was a curiosity.

Now about the punishment 'drawn & quartered' alive...

[Jucius Maximus]

Chickens will live for a couple of minutes without their head. You've heard the expression "running around like a chicken with its head cut off"... it exists for a reason.
This is true... My mom did chop chickens' heads off when she was a kid. Sometimes they run around for 5 minutes. And yes, they were subsequently cooked and served.

As to the original question, supposedly, when decapitations actually took place hundreds of years ago, the person's mouth and eyes moved around for a minute or so after the blade came down.

[wiggy]

This thread is like one of those bad science fiction movies from the 50's. It just needs some of them busty women in pointy chrome brassieres.

[NLI10D]

As to the original question, supposedly, when decapitations actually took place hundreds of years ago, the person's mouth and eyes moved around for a minute or so after the blade came down.

depends on your definition of move, twitch yea, but mouth moving to give you a good bye kiss from the beyond or eye rolling like making a sarcastic "oh great!" gesture no. movement would be the result of neurons still firing.

[Bortman]

You guys should as Astar the robot. He'd know. I mean, if he can put his arm back on, I'm sure he could put his head back on :twisted:

[grant]

CNS consists of brain and spinal cord. As for most people, their brains are inside their heads ;)

that's the funniest thing i've read all day! hahah thanks :D

[HeatSeeker]

why would you even consider what happens after decapitation? if the concept is so fascinating to you, subscribe to ogrish and watch those disgusting videos... it may just answer your question. i once got tricked into seeing the first few seconds of their "preview" video... i couldn't sleep that night.

Btw, this isn't to blame on the students at all. the system is wholly responsible due to terrible teaching practices. sadly, the policy-makers are aware of this and won't do a thing... because they're afraid of what students who can think critically might do.

Is this from "The Mike Harris" version of the "National Enquirer"? You have no idea of what you're talking about and stop spreading gossip overheard at the local Tim Hortons.