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Old 09-24-2015 | 04:03 PM
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One animal that I always figured we killed dead then moved a lot were chickens. Cut their head off and they will really flop around. With no head I am sure the animal is dead, but they don't think so. Turkeys, shoot them in the head, and I am pretty sure they are dead, and they do a death flop that I got so worried about I jumped on them until they stopped.

I have seen rabbits twitch seconds after being shot. But that again is I believe muscle reflex. I have seen a dead deer move. But I think it was muscles relaxing. That or when they fell to the ground or when I moved them slightly the difference in the way they were situated on the ground changed enough to make a leg move slightly. I normally wrote that off to gravity or body settling. What I think from watching the end of the video was that is called death throws or last twitching. Yes technically the elk is not dead. That leg movement and mouth movement we call death throws. I have seen deer do that. But I always considered them DEAD right there. Do you "hunters" really think that elk was going to get back up or needed another shot?

Dead bodies moving is usually due to gas build up. And that's not something anyone that had to experience is something they care to remember. Once embalmed they stay pretty still.

What I find amusing is the fact that this is a topic that someone is really concerned about. I know its aimed at embarrassment to Mountain Devil and his video and statements.

I really don't find the time to trifle with such minor trivia. So have fun poking and arguing over these trivial points. Maybe next you can check spelling and sentence structure mistakes.
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