Re: Running around like an Ornitholestes with his head cut off...

["Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Fri, 16 Sep 2011, Jura wrote:

> I you want to go for the most morbid, there is also a video on the net 
> from some Russian researchers who kept a severed dog head alive for 
> several minutes. The head spent most of its time trying to lick things. 
> It's remarkably unsettling, and yet incredibly informative all at the 
> same time.

This is getting pretty from dinosaurs, but here goes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_transplant


I had read about a monkey head transplant; video here

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/29025/

there was brain wave activity while disconnected it appears.