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Re:Decapitated Worms Regrow Heads, Keep Old Memories by Elv13 on Saturday January 13, 2018 @04:14PM (#16141442)
As a related story, meet Mike, the headless chicken.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken

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Re:Decapitated Worms Regrow Heads, Keep Old Memories by shoo on Sunday January 14, 2018 @05:14AM (#16143582)
For some reason i'm reminded of chicken little, the delicious chicken tissue growth from Frederick Pohl's The Space Merchants
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Re:Decapitated Worms Regrow Heads, Keep Old Memories by unmango on Saturday January 13, 2018 @05:51PM (#16141833)
A question comes to my mind: what could Mike the chicken not do without those "higher brain centres" the article mentions?
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Re:Decapitated Worms Regrow Heads, Keep Old Memories by jjoonathan on Saturday January 13, 2018 @06:01PM (#16141870)
How long do you think Mike would have survived had he not been specially cared for?

My guess: barely long enough to die from dehydration.

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Re:Decapitated Worms Regrow Heads, Keep Old Memories by RhodesianHunter on Saturday January 13, 2018 @08:56PM (#16142424)
Reproduce
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