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Title: A question about Zombies.....
Post by: armchair warrior on July 29, 2007, 05:41:34 PM
O.K. this one has been bugging me since I started to read about zombies.
After the Great Uprising(TM),wouldn't the zombies rot and fall apart after mmmm,about a week?I mean the joints and stuff are held together with tendons and all that other stuff.Wouldn't it just all fall apart like that pork roast on another thread? laugh
Inquiring minds want to know!
Title: Re: A question about Zombies.....
Post by: S. Williamson on July 29, 2007, 08:42:19 PM
Not necessarily.  Depends on a number of factors:

1. How well the corpse was preserved prior to burial

2. Physical health and/or age of corpse before death

3. Reactions of bacteria to a re-animated corpse carrying the Solanum virus

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I mean the joints and stuff are held together with tendons and all that other stuff.Wouldn't it just all fall apart like that pork roast on another thread?
Do you plan on cooking every zombieafflicted individual? Waitaminute... nevermind...

5. Was the zombie afflicted individual dead prior to re-animation, or were they alive and later contaminated by another zombieafflicted individual?

6. Environment in which re-animation takes place.  For instance, colder weather extends the useful life of a zombiean afflicted individual, and warmth might speed decomposition.

7. Depending on the generation of Solanum virus, the rate of nutrient absorption and redistribution within the host by the parasitic organism

8. Physical activity of corpse after re-animation, often directly related to surrounding population density

9. Combat wear

10. Generation of Solanum virus, in relation to rate of decay

So, it's possible, but not expected.  Outbreaks can tend to vary.
Title: Re: A question about Zombies.....
Post by: K Frame on July 29, 2007, 09:01:46 PM
Guys, guys...

Come on.

Calling them zombies is very very hurtful to them.

They prefer to be called Democrat-Americans.
Title: Re: A question about Zombies.....
Post by: jeepmor on July 30, 2007, 07:34:31 AM
I thought it was neo-con.
Title: Re: A question about Zombies.....
Post by: Jamisjockey on July 30, 2007, 07:48:28 AM
No no no....call them primary party members.....everyone knows the only people who aren't brain dead in this country left the Replocrats for the Constitution and Libertarian parties years ago.....
Title: Re: A question about Zombies.....
Post by: mountainclmbr on July 30, 2007, 07:56:31 AM
If there is enough global warming, the zombies would cook all on their own.
Title: Re: A question about Zombies.....
Post by: MechAg94 on July 30, 2007, 11:26:31 AM
I think in 2 or 3 of the more recent movies, the zombies were not really dead, just screwed up in the brain.  Some were reanimated I guess.
Title: Re: A question about Zombies.....
Post by: The Viking on July 30, 2007, 12:02:07 PM
I think in 2 or 3 of the more recent movies, the zombies were not really dead, just screwed up in the brain.  Some were reanimated I guess.
Thinking of 28 days later/28 weeks later? Yeah, they were sure a pissed of bunch grin. The virus that infected them was called "Rage" after all.
Title: Re: A question about Zombies.....
Post by: Jamisjockey on July 30, 2007, 02:47:07 PM
I think in 2 or 3 of the more recent movies, the zombies were not really dead, just screwed up in the brain.  Some were reanimated I guess.

Kind of like Algore?
Title: Re: A question about Zombies.....
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 30, 2007, 06:50:18 PM
I think in 2 or 3 of the more recent movies, the zombies were not really dead, just screwed up in the brain.  Some were reanimated I guess.

Kind of like Algore?


[Obligatory Response] Kind of like W? [/OR]  smiley