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"Mags" the Headless Cat
http://www.retroweb.com/lynchburg/attractions/main.html
Its about the 7th Post down the page. Worth reading sure, but that cat body does not have a conciousness; whereas most people appreciate the cats willingness to participate out of a choice, you know mutual something something. |
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It's an urban legend. From:
http://www.messybeast.com/urbancat.htm THE HEADLESS CAT HOAX A photo recently did the rounds of an apparently headless tabby cat held by a veterinarian sometime in 2000. According to accompanying text, the cat was found on a roadside in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA by a council employee whose job was to collect and dispose of corpses animals which had been run over. Half an hour after picking up the cat's body, he apparently noticed it was still breathing, albeit with difficulty. A rasping sound was coming from the cat's severed windpipe. He took it straight to an emergency vet. The headless cat, named Mags, became a local celebrity and was nursed back to health with an intravenous diet and a drinking straw to help her breathe. Mags supposedly survived because her central nervous took over all autonomic functions in the absence of the brain. She was adopted by an anonymous person, but was being studied by medical scientists including "renowned British veterinarian" Kenneth Hubsteed who wrote a medical book about "Mags the Amazing Headless Cat." Sounds phoney? It is. The photo is a fake, with the cat's head digitally replaced by a section of sweater, giving a fuzzy area at the cat's shoulders. In higher animals, such as cats and ourselves, the central nervous system can't take control of functions such as breathing or temperature regulation. If it could, there would be dozens of French Guillotine survivors. In addition, if the carotid artery and jugular vein had been severed, the body would lost all of its blood. Even if some body functions could be taken over by the central nervous system, the lack of sensory organs (ears, eyes, nose, whiskers) and cerebrum (the "thinking" part of the brain) would have meant the animal remained in a persistent vegetative state, body-alive but brain-dead. Finally, there is no renowned British vet called Kenneth Hubsteed ... and a British medical book would never have the word "amazing" in the title; it would have been called something like "Case of post-decapitation survival in a domestic cat." Mags the headless cat is a feline re-write of the famous "Mike the Headless Chicken". This unfortunate (or fortunate, depending on how you look at it) chicken survived decapitation because enough of the hind-brain was left for body systems to function and enough of the chicken's system is controlled by its hind-brain to make this possible. Mike's forebrain had gone, so the chicken itself wasn't able to appreciate its unusual mode of survival. Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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bigbadbarry wrote: http://www.retroweb.com/lynchburg/attractions/main.html Its about the 7th Post down the page. Worth reading sure, but that cat body does not have a conciousness; whereas most people appreciate the cats willingness to participate out of a choice, you know mutual something something. http://www.messybeast.com/urbancat.htm#headless |
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Oh, I didnt believe that.
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bigbadbarry wrote:
http://www.retroweb.com/lynchburg/attractions/main.html Its about the 7th Post down the page. Worth reading sure, but that cat body does not have a conciousness; whereas most people appreciate the cats willingness to participate out of a choice, you know mutual something something. This is a spoof ... National Lampoon material. LOL |
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