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Dogs Head Lives Without Body

In 1940 Dr. S.S. Bryukhonenko at the Institute of Experimental Physiology and Therapy, Voronezh, U.S.S.R conducted research where he experimented with dogs and proved that dogs head can live without its body for three days. Special artificial conditions were created to power the head with arterial and venous pumps. Dog's isolated head reacted to all basic external stimulants: light, sound, pain and taste. This disturbing Russian experiment helped scientist around the world to create artificial organs that are used by many medical institutes. More recently Dr. Robert White of Ohio claims that he transplanted a monkey's head onto another monkey's body. If you have a good stomach check this odd video which shows in detail how dog's head is living without body.






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chris
yes it is very disturbing to watch and if the dog was able to feel all of the test done on it then it is even more sad and inhuman to have conducted such an experiment but I could also see why it was done and something good came out of it.

" This disturbing Russian experiment helped scientist around the world to create artificial organs that are used by many medical institutes "

These artificial organs in return must have saved many human lives.
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chris at 04:20PM, Jul 11th 2010.
Jules
Impressive experiment but very sick and saddened that they get away with decapitating an innocent animal regardless of the medical purposes behind the experiment! it sure as hell would not be allowed in this day and age!
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Jules at 08:14PM, Jun 26th 2010.
SipSop
How is it cruel? Did any of you consider that the entire point of the entire film was to show that organs could be revitalized AFTER death. This dog got nothing but a chance to be brought back to life for 3 days from the way they described it here. I highly doubt they picked a random dog and lopped off its head for the experiment. In fact the dog probably originally died from some other experiment they were doing so bitch about that.
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SipSop at 09:00PM, Jun 16th 2010.
Chris Poe
That's so cool. They took something that was dead, and gave it life again... with a pump. Where do you find a dog with no legs??? Right where you left it!
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Chris Poe at 03:52AM, Jun 5th 2010.
BUBBA SPANKY
MMMMMMMMM... I'M HUNGRY!!!...
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BUBBA SPANKY at 11:09PM, May 21st 2010.
BUBBA SPANKY
MMMMMMM....IM HUNGRY...
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BUBBA SPANKY at 11:07PM, May 21st 2010.
Key
Looks fake when you first watch it. (Just old film making) the fact that the dogs head is still alive is very cool.
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Key at 07:44AM, May 6th 2010.
Seriously?
Are you guys joking or are you actually this retarded? I think someone even posted that humans an animals are equal. That just proves that you people are illiterate. Now don't get me wrong, I'm against animal creulty but humans are superior to animals. If you disagree with me then I'm sure that your pets aren't your pets, but live in their own rooms, go to school with your children, or sit at the dining table with you.

Human life is valuable because it's worth something. Well some of us are. The rest want to crucify the scientists for conducting research to save your sorry asses. The scientists are actually better than you ****s because atleast they have a purpose and want to help people. You on the other hand want to attempt cold blooded murder.

And if you're a vegan, which I'm sure you are, this is for you: I'm going to go have a nice juicy steak and think about the animal being slaughtered whilst eating. Then I'm going to conduct my own dog experiment with YOUR DOG. See if it can fetch the ball or tries to (hilariously).
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Seriously? at 06:22PM, Apr 27th 2010.
Idano
Smarter than you wrote: #
To "No name", he means if you had to pick one over the other...god you're dumb.

"anyways this has nothing to do with rescuing someone, if you paid attention its about the torture of poor defenseless animals, you rediculous watse of space."

Did you even watch the movie?
Yes they did all this just to get their jollies off on hurting poor defenseless animals... I hate people like you. Don't go to the hospital ever again buddy, you'll be accepting not just treatments gained from this, but other treatments you wouldnt agree with. Stupid hypocrite.



If given the choice I'd take the blood transfusion derived from killing you and keeping your head alive for the remaining three excruciating days of your life rather than the dog.

It is beyond me when animal welfare (and by welfare I mean simply not ortured) proponents are called "ignorant" ...hah
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Idano at 06:33PM, Mar 3rd 2010.
Kelsey
Also, I don't think you have a very logical argument if you use "u" in it. You just look retarded. How are dogs defenseless? They are built for survival like anything else. Of course, we have the reason to coax these animals to us, but still. Dogs are not "poor defenseless animals". You all are also not taking into consideration that in that time period, both the US and USSR were trying to beast in math and science. This is also the time period where we killed fish as efficient as possible for us, because they don't scream or yelp in pain.
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Kelsey at 07:20PM, Mar 2nd 2010.
Kelsey
Who says the dog was alive to begin with? They could have found some dead dogs and revived them. Stop looking at the negative.
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Kelsey at 07:14PM, Mar 2nd 2010.
Eddie
ohhh oh god this is sick, i see how this is important to science in order to study transplants but oh god this is sick, i feel horrible for these animals.
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Eddie at 12:37AM, Dec 29th 2009.
Smarter than you
To "No name", he means if you had to pick one over the other...god you're dumb.

"anyways this has nothing to do with rescuing someone, if you paid attention its about the torture of poor defenseless animals, you rediculous watse of space."

Did you even watch the movie?
Yes they did all this just to get their jollies off on hurting poor defenseless animals... I hate people like you. Don't go to the hospital ever again buddy, you'll be accepting not just treatments gained from this, but other treatments you wouldnt agree with. Stupid hypocrite.
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Smarter than you at 04:09AM, Dec 19th 2009.
Smarter than you
Wow, so many ****s...To all you people who said this is cruel.
Hope you none of your family members were saved because of blood transfusion, because if they were, you have these people to thank.
This was the 1940's and though some dogs might have died, millions of people are saved. This progressed everything when it comes to technology. Artificial organs, hospitals as we know today, and keeping people alive that would have died from bleeding out.
Quit being so stupid, its disgusting how many people are really this dumb to believe what these scientist did this for nothing.

Next time you're in a hospital, and need donated blood, you can tell them no, cause you don't like how scientist came up with the idea to do this. Then you can die and that will be one less ignorant moron on this planet.
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Smarter than you at 04:03AM, Dec 19th 2009.
no name
anyways this has nothing to do with rescuing someone, if you paid attention its about the torture of poor defenseless animals, you rediculous watse of space.
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no name at 06:26PM, Dec 17th 2009.
no name
mmmmmm How bout saving them both you moron. Ever thought of that? anyways you make no sense in your logic what exactly makes a human better thatn a dog? Is it because when you speak to a human you understand them? just put it like this if a chinese man wanted to be your friend but couldnt speak english and you couldnt understand him but an american man you could understand you obviously would rather be the americans friend correct?
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no name at 06:23PM, Dec 17th 2009.
allen
hmn..ok if u kill a dog in your country.what will u get? Then when u kill a human in your country what will you get?

so for your case. when u see a human and a dog which requires rescue. u will rather rescue the dog then the human?

pathetic...
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allen at 03:58AM, Dec 16th 2009.
no name
Are you people serious? It was for a good cause? those crazy ass scientists enjoy doing this shhh that makes them crazy they arent smart, they perform cruel acts to make money for those evil healthcare corporations so those as####$@ can get rich of the pain and suffering of a living creature who thinks,breaths,sleeps,eats, and sh@#s just like you and me. And you ignorant fools think that is ok. First of all, if your one of those ****s trust me that dogs life is worth alot more than yours because all you are is a waste of space on this planet, the world would easily go on without you. Humans are not more important than animals believe me the world and life itself will continue jut as it has before and after we were here, you stupid ignorant fools, by the way, where do you think that scientist is now? Dead just like every living creature ends up, so in his quest for imortality he got nowhere, that experiment in reality was a waste of an inoccent life. And if you think otherwise go f@#$ yourself and die cus you'll never live forever you ignorant bafoons.
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no name at 07:24AM, Dec 14th 2009.
allen
simple scenario.... if given a choice to either save a dog or a human from certain death..who will you save?

The human life is always of the highest priority.
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allen at 04:08AM, Nov 25th 2009.
Ashley
Do any of you eat meat? You know, those of you so appalled of this necessary experiment that has helped save many lives? If so, then you are completely ignorant and hypocritical. You eat meat to obtain the essential proteins THAT COME FROM ANIMALS, along with any other food you eat ! This experiment has a purpose to help those who may need artificial organs. If you don't like that they are trying to help us, then you are the one with the problem. How could you reach a solution without experimenting first. I don't think Scientist decided to just chop a dog's head to play with it. Every experiment has a valuable purpose.
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Ashley at 11:20AM, Nov 14th 2009.
ju
I feel hurt beyond words. The poor helpless dog. Citric acid?? Loud banging hammer right next to its ears?? All that and it had no paws to defend itself with.. Sure, knowledge is gained, but there has to be a line drawn somewhere. There is testing, and then there's unnescessarily EXCESSIVE testing which is just torture.

I would like to see all you who say this is okay to go through that. If it's possible with a dog's head then it's possible with a human's head. Come on up and sign a consent form. I'm sure there are PLENTY of scientists who are more than willing to do conduct such experiments with a human head.
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ju at 05:47AM, Oct 15th 2009.
Joe
the knowledge gained in that experiment greatly outweighed the life of the dog
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Joe at 08:13PM, Oct 13th 2009.
alex
wow calm down animals and humans are way diffrent humans are erogent but not all humans are bad just scientist also animals dont have souls like humans
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alex at 08:22PM, Oct 8th 2009.
Diana
I think it would be cool to experiment on a scientist.. Just because.... you know.. like the way they experiment on animals.
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Diana at 11:09PM, Sep 23rd 2009.
Diana
Experiment on HUMANS!!.. we have a say!, Im sure theres people out there willing to be tested... Poor animals.. dont even have a say... I will speak for them! I mean... Animals have hearts... insects are the same... their all living.. just like us... why hurt them instead? why are us humans all of a sudden more important then animals? I think it's all bullshit! I think humans are all ****ed up in the head, Im sure im ****ed up, but ****.. !!
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Diana at 11:07PM, Sep 23rd 2009.

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