09-22-2004, 09:26 PM
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Location: Dallas
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Originally posted by Melvin the Dude
Just saw the video....he's obviously alive when the guy was holding his head up, you can see him mouthing something and moving his eyes ! !
How long does it take to die when one gets beheaded? Till the brain runs out of oxygen, (10 minutes, 5 minutes, 3 minutes?)
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The current medical consensus is that life does survive, for a period of roughly thirteen seconds, varying slightly depending on the victim's build, health and the immediate circumstances of the decapitation. The simple act of removing a head from a body is not what kills the brain, rather, it is the lack of oxygen and other important chemicals provided in the bloodstream. To quote Dr. Ron Wright "The 13 seconds is the amount of high energy phosphates that the cytochromes in the brain have to keep going without new oxygen and glucose" The precise post-execution lifespan will depend on how much oxygen, and other chemicals, were in the brain at the point of decapitation; however, eyes could certainly move and blink. |
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