Pinoys' odds in surviving a zombie apocalypse?

[nakee]

One question about zombies that I never got an intelligent answer on is...

If zombies are flesh eating, why don't they eat the flesh of other zombies? Or eat their own flesh?

because zombies are not real, they are the product of the directors/writer's imagination and they made them that wayto scare us. Zombies are from horror movies made to scare us cause IMO a zombie eating a zombie is quite funny.

Now if there will be a real zombie outbreak, that's the time that we can take note of "factual" characteristics of zombies. They may or may not eat each other and we will never know for sure until that happens


Anyway, in a make believe world this is some speculations that i can offer XD

If a zombie is resurrected by a virus, I think they dont eat each other because they are controlled by the same virus, the same way some animals dont eat their own kind. Maybe zombies are braindead but there is definitely something controlling their lust for flesh and in this case it's the virus You may say that a virus doesnt have a brain and doesnt have the capacity to control a zombie but it's possible that the virus will only kill specific parts of our brain and leaving out the parts that has something to do with wanting to eat a human.

IIRC there are some insect that can "zombify" another creature and control them

[jazzmine22]

No offense jazz ha pero walang logic sa sagot na yun. Kung wala ngang brain cells ang mga zombie paano pa magiging pihikan sa pagkain mga yun lalu na kung konti na lang ang prey. They're supposed to be driven by hunger and instinct so taste preference shouldn't be an issue.

Papi.. you said it yourself, INSTINCT. Probably their instinct telling them to go for fresh meat, that fresh meat looks more appetizing than bilasa meat, LOL.

so is it safe to say na walang zombie na cannibal? Aba daig pa ng zombie ang mga cannibals na human.

[jazzmine22]

because zombies are not real, they are the product of the directors/writer's imagination and they made them that wayto scare us. Zombies are from horror movies made to scare us cause IMO a zombie eating a zombie is quite funny.

Now if there will be a real zombie outbreak, that's the time that we can take note of "factual" characteristics of zombies. They may or may not eat each other and we will never know for sure until that happens


Anyway, in a make believe world this is some speculations that i can offer XD

If a zombie is resurrected by a virus, I think they dont eat each other because they are controlled by the same virus, the same way some animals dont eat their own kind. Maybe zombies are braindead but there is definitely something controlling their lust for flesh and in this case it's the virus You may say that a virus doesnt have a brain and doesnt have the capacity to control a zombie but it's possible that the virus will only kill specific parts of our brain and leaving out the parts that has something to do with wanting to eat a human.

IIRC there are some insect that can "zombify" another creature and control them

are you saying na normal sa ating mga human ang kumain ng kapwa tao?

sa usapan na yan, naiimagine ko ang zombie na kinakain ang sarili niya, ang sagwa naman kasi..

[jazzmine22]

Also.. naisip ko lang baka fan ng Nike ang mga zombies.. they don't need to think about what kind of flesh they want to eat.

They just go for fresh human meat. They just DO it.

Nike na nike diba.. okay corny na LOL.

[Ice Burn]

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[invi]

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[Papichulo169]

because zombies are not real, they are the product of the directors/writer's imagination and they made them that wayto scare us. Zombies are from horror movies made to scare us cause IMO a zombie eating a zombie is quite funny.

Now if there will be a real zombie outbreak, that's the time that we can take note of "factual" characteristics of zombies. They may or may not eat each other and we will never know for sure until that happens


Anyway, in a make believe world this is some speculations that i can offer XD

If a zombie is resurrected by a virus, I think they dont eat each other because they are controlled by the same virus, the same way some animals dont eat their own kind. Maybe zombies are braindead but there is definitely something controlling their lust for flesh and in this case it's the virus You may say that a virus doesnt have a brain and doesnt have the capacity to control a zombie but it's possible that the virus will only kill specific parts of our brain and leaving out the parts that has something to do with wanting to eat a human.

IIRC there are some insect that can "zombify" another creature and control them

I just found it funny that a lot of zombie aficionados go to great lengths trying to legitimize the possibility of zombies by pulling up scientific and logical explanations when they can't answer that obvious question. Why don't zombies eat other zombies?

Speaking of logical explanations, this is certainly not one...

Papi.. you said it yourself, INSTINCT. Probably their instinct telling them to go for fresh meat, that fresh meat looks more appetizing than bilasa meat, LOL.

so is it safe to say na walang zombie na cannibal? Aba daig pa ng zombie ang mga cannibals na human.

[MaccieForever]

Question: Active pa ba ang digestive system ng mga zombies para kumain sila ng human flesh?

[jkakldjflkja]

Zombies are make-believe, but this is not too farfetched. It is a must see documentary on how to survive a pandemic or global chaos.

[Qubetha]

pag walking zombies ok lang lalaban ako pero pag running zombies mahirap yan saka kung sakaling mangyari iyon AK-47 with 45 pistol gun ang dadalhin ko with shotgun plus libre pa ang mga pagkain...yun nga lang masarap pag nagkaroon ng zombie outbreak dito .

[jazzmine22]

Papi, ikaw na! Happy?

yaan mo since the zombies in the walking dead series are mutating, let's cross our fingers that the imaginative writers would make them eat themselves and other zombies as well.

Actually mas valid ang tanong ni Maccie, hindi ba dapat bulok nadin ang tiyan nila? Well because the story writers made them that way.

[invi]

Bakit ang usual zombie sa movie eh ang bagal gumalaw? Ang bagal maglakad and everything. Tapos laging patagilid ang ulo. Hindi ba feasible ang zombie na mabilis maglakad?

[Meanie!!]

yung zombie sa china tumatalon-talon.

Kailngan lagyan ng papel sa noo

[dylandarkk]

siguro valid ang reasoning sa time of death at reanimation ng zombie. May nabasa ako sa isang reply about rigor mortis, and that could be possible for slow walking zombies if they are reanimated 6-8 hours after their death.

True that all their major bodily functions stopped already except sa brain which controls hunger. So kahit bulok at di gumagana yung digestive tract nila they would still eat and eat and eat kahit pa magkaimpaction pa digestive tract nila as long as that part of the brain is active.

The only senses active sa zombies i guess are smell and hearing (in some cases hindi included ang sight) so prolly that's one distinction why they don't eat themselves coz of the difference of scent between the living and the dead?

ehehe

I love this thread

[electro_gestapo]

Aw, c'mon guys. Even the most deluded zombie fan knows it is just a fantasy situation and that actual science is not really the point. What makes fantasy fun is the suspension of disbelief and pretend reality. Fiction, remember? It would be fun if it was real, but we can only wish so much.

One question about zombies that I never got an intelligent answer on is...

If zombies are flesh eating, why don't they eat the flesh of other zombies? Or eat their own flesh?

Ah, you probably missed the explanation in several movies of one being zombies are the revived dead and all of the brain's higher functions such as thinking, speech, reasoning, math, etc. are gone and all that is left is their most primitive, base instincts like locomotion and eating. That's because in the process of dying, the most complex of neural functions tend to disintegrate more rapidly than your natural, primitive ones. Therefore, the only neural functions left are the ones that are normally hard-coded into any living thing, which are the default, primitive ones.

On why they prefer living meat is that zombie meat are tainted by the same viruses that animates them (if the supposed cause is pathogenic in nature) which they can smell and tell themselves apart form the living. In the case of the Walking Dead series where the survivors spread zombie bile on each other to make them smell tainted, dead, zombiefied and generally unappetizing to all zombies. Or that the zombie flesh is basically dead and lacks living tissue which for whatever reason, nourishes the dead so they can keep on shambling and muttering "braaaiiinnnsss..". And it could also be a means of how they multiply themselves, by tainting the living and create new zombies.

Note that this rationality is not applicable in Night of the Living Dead where the dead becomes zombiefied with no apparent reason. Their only explanation for the outbreak was a biblical one, where when the pits of hell becomes full, the overflowing dead will walk among the living. And they eat people, to create more of themselves. Generally, it's a simple plot to wipe out humanity or else it would not be pertained to as a zombie-type "apocalypse".

Then again, if zombies just simply shambles about aimlessly and hilariously bumping, tripping themselves on numerous immovable objects with no intention of doing any sort of horrific act on the living then that would just simply not make a good scary movie wouldn't it? In the end, it's because the writers says so.

[electro_gestapo]

yung zombie sa china tumatalon-talon.

Kailngan lagyan ng papel sa noo

It's a jiangshi. A spirit-possesed dead body. They're essentially life-force eating, but not necessarily flesh-eating. Also, they don't multiply as only a single spirit can posses one body at a time. I think the paper charm can either contain the spirit in the body and another charm is used to exorcise it out. They're no biggie, as you can simply destroy the host corpse or just slap on an exorcist charm on it's forehead in place of the animation one and you're done.

[electro_gestapo]

Bakit ang usual zombie sa movie eh ang bagal gumalaw? Ang bagal maglakad and everything. Tapos laging patagilid ang ulo. Hindi ba feasible ang zombie na mabilis maglakad?

It's because their tissues have rotted, damaged or non-functional. Dead muscle tissues have been observed to continue to move even if the brain and body is long dead. They can even be animated like so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfF12...layer_embedded

But if it is damaged, tendons severed or mechanically impossible to move then it won't. Rigor mortis is also a factor.

[MaccieForever]

Bilib talaga ako kay electro_gestapo -> ZOMBIE EXPERT!

[glamorous03]

Aw, c'mon guys. Even the most deluded zombie fan knows it is just a fantasy situation and that actual science is not really the point. What makes fantasy fun is the suspension of disbelief and pretend reality. Fiction, remember? It would be fun if it was real, but we can only wish so much.



Ah, you probably missed the explanation in several movies of one being zombies are the revived dead and all of the brain's higher functions such as thinking, speech, reasoning, math, etc. are gone and all that is left is their most primitive, base instincts like locomotion and eating. That's because in the process of dying, the most complex of neural functions tend to disintegrate more rapidly than your natural, primitive ones. Therefore, the only neural functions left are the ones that are normally hard-coded into any living thing, which are the default, primitive ones.

On why they prefer living meat is that zombie meat are tainted by the same viruses that animates them (if the supposed cause is pathogenic in nature) which they can smell and tell themselves apart form the living. In the case of the Walking Dead series where the survivors spread zombie bile on each other to make them smell tainted, dead, zombiefied and generally unappetizing to all zombies. Or that the zombie flesh is basically dead and lacks living tissue which for whatever reason, nourishes the dead so they can keep on shambling and muttering "braaaiiinnnsss..". And it could also be a means of how they multiply themselves, by tainting the living and create new zombies.

Note that this rationality is not applicable in Night of the Living Dead where the dead becomes zombiefied with no apparent reason. Their only explanation for the outbreak was a biblical one, where when the pits of hell becomes full, the overflowing dead will walk among the living. And they eat people, to create more of themselves. Generally, it's a simple plot to wipe out humanity or else it would not be pertained to as a zombie-type "apocalypse".

Then again, if zombies just simply shambles about aimlessly and hilariously bumping, tripping themselves on numerous immovable objects with no intention of doing any sort of horrific act on the living then that would just simply not make a good scary movie wouldn't it? In the end, it's because the writers says so.

Di naman halatang zombie ka..

You nailed it in the head about the writers.. LOL

[cyberfunk]

I'm a movie buff and I guess after George Romero came out with his classic the rest are just zombiexploitation flicks. I tried to watch everything though and one films differs from the others, Wes Craven's The Serpent and The Rainbow back in the late 80's.