• lath@lemmy.world
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    Theoretically, one can move around with only the cerebellum remaining intact. For a short while at least.

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      Yeah, that is why I left a little wiggle room in my statements. But coordinated movements when the cranial cavity is so damaged that chunks of brain are spilling out? A deer’s brain isn’t even very large. There’s hardly chunks to be had there. I dunno there’s some chance that the deer was already dead and this is just some sort of postmortem spasms. But I am just doubtful over the whole thing as written.

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        I’m sure there’s a set of circumstances that can make it possible, but yeah, people generally like to embellish our stories.