Quoting%20commentary for Zevachim 129:15

או אינו אלא קיר התחתון ודין הוא מה בהמה שחטאתה למעלה עולתה למטה עוף שחטאתו למטה אינו דין שעולתו למטה

If so, just as there he but does not sever it, so here too he pinches but does not sever it? Therefore it states, 'and shall pinch off [ head], and make it smoke': as [in] haktarah, the head is by itself and the body is by itself, so [after] pinchin the head is by itself and the body is by itself.

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