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That is the chicken[1] in the photo. According to the article, a lot of a chicken's brain is in the very back of the head / beginning of the neck. I believe in the photo, that's still got the entire neck there.

Comparison photo of a full chicken[2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken [2] http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130606165306/animalcros...

I believe the precision anatomical cartoon associated with this "The Straight Dope" article is closer to the actual head proportion left, "..he chopped off just the top two-thirds of Mike's head..": http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/991/is-it-possible-...

So if self survival isn't required, the brain is of no use ?

It's probably not the actual chicken for one.