Headless chicken survives for more than a week and is adopted by monks

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Chicken has now managed to survive for more than a week after losing its head
The chicken in Mueang Ratchaburi in Thailand has now been adopted by monks
Despite having no head, the animal is still alive and has been hailed a 'warrior'
The kindly monks are from a temple in near to where the chicken was first found

By Danyal Hussain and Katie French For Mailonline

Published: 19:25 EDT, 28 March 2018 | Updated: 10:24 EDT, 29 March 2018

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The headless chicken that found internet fame for surviving more than a week after being decapitated has now been adopted by monks.

Earlier this week the headless chicken made headlines around the world as it survived a beheading and was looked after by a kindly vet.

The remarkable bird was found in the Mueang Ratchaburi district of Ratchaburi Province in central Thailand.

Now a new video of the amazing creature is going viral, showing monks caring for it by feeding it through a syringe.

The video has been seen almost 400,000 times in the past few days.

According to media reports in Thailand, the kind-hearted monks are from a temple near where the chicken was first photographed in Ratchaburi Province, Central Thailand.

Social media user 'Noppong Thitthammo' shared the chicken's story and later added that vet Vorakran Sriroj's costs had been paid by donations from well-wishers.

A vet named as Supakadee Arun Thong was the first one reported to have cared for the chicken, feeding it by dropping food down its neck and giving it antibiotics.

The remarkable bird was found in the Mueang Ratchaburi district of Ratchaburi Province in central Thailand

She said at the time: 'The animal has its life. If it wants to live, we feed it.'

Very occasionally, chickens survive being beheaded because of an unusual quirk of their anatomy.

The birds' brains are in their skulls at an angle, so the rear portion that controls automatic functions such as breathing can be left intact if the chicken is beheaded too high up the neck.

The vet who looked after the chicken called it 'a true warrior'.

Photographs show the chicken with only a bloodied stump where its head used to be, yet it is still somehow standing up.

A vet named as Supakadee Arun Thong initially adopted the headless animal, feeding it by dropping food down its neck and giving it antibiotics

A headless chicken has survived for a week after being decapitated and has now been adopted by kindly monks

She told a local newspaper the bird seemed tame and was responding well.

Miss Arun Thong said: 'The animal has its life. If it wants to live, we feed it.'

However the animal lover confessed she feared its tongue would soon fall out as it continued to dry out.

Mike the Headless Rooster with promoter Hope Wade, Fruita, Colorado, 1945. Following a non-lethal decapitation, Mike the headless chicken (rooster) lived for approximately 18 months

It was not clear how the chicken came to lose its head but locals say it may have been attacked by another animal.

Vet Supakadee had said she was hoping someone would soon take the chicken off her hands before the kindly monks took it in.

She said: 'Who will take him and care for him? He will need lifelong care. I have to admit that this chicken is a true warrior with a very tough heart.'

The chicken that survived longest without its head is believed to be one named Mike, who lived for 18 months after losing his head in Utah in the US from 1945 to 1947.