Survive Facts

Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.

Certain frogs (like the Wood Frog) can be frozen, thawed, and survive!

Mike the Headless Chicken lived for 18 months after a Colorado farmer swung an axe in 1945. The axe missed his jugular vein and left most of his brain stem and one ear intact. Farmer Lloyd Olsen kept him alive by feeding him with an eyedropper. Scientists at the University of Utah examined Mike and confirmed the story was real. Fruita, Colorado still holds a festival in his honor every May.

The first man to survive going over Niagara Falls later died from slipping on an orange peel.

The kangaroo rat can survive its entire life without ever drinking water, while camels need to drink every few weeks in hot conditions.

Ants can survive in a microwave because they're small enough to dodge the electromagnetic waves, which create hot and cold spots about 12cm apart.

A fall of 30 feet can be survived by most cats.