A doggerel series
about odd or little-known animals.
Mike, the Headless Chicken: Everyone
has heard that headless cockroaches can survive for days or even weeks. But how
about a chicken? Can a decapitated chicken survive for days or even weeks?
Sounds impossible; however, there is a story of a decapitated chicken
that actually survived for 18 straight months! Also known as Miracle Mike, he was a Wyandotte rooster born in April
1945. Back in his days, Mike became really famous due to surviving for almost
two years after being decapitated. You may think that the story is a hoax, as
many did back then. However, the chicken was examined by scientists at the
University of Utah in Salt Lake City while it was still alive and the story has
been verified to be 100 % real. (all animal info from
It really seems impossible—
A chicken with no head!
Who lived, it seems, some eighteen months
Before he was, well, dead.
The Headless Horseman (so I heard)
Just scoffed with disrespect:
“Just eighteen months—how pitiful!
I’m better, recollect?”
But here’s a thought: A headless life—
No matter what you feel—
Is better for a rooster than
To be an evening’s meal!
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