Zombies will never eat one another, because their instinct demands the flesh of the living. A zombie is dead, even if it walks. It does not breathe, it does not feel, and it does not think. It only does what its instinct tells it to. Zombies don’t NEED to eat, NOR does eating do anything at all to benefit their state. It does not regenerate them. A zombie could be missing its stomach, or hell, even most of its face, lower jaw or teeth…as long as its brain remains, it will eat the living, or attempt to do so. It will eat until its brain fails in containing the virus/curse. If the zombie goes undestroyed, it will eventually fall and cease to be due to decomposition.
However, I theorize that the zombie has three phases which it routinely goes through during its existence, and this theory does make room for certain exceptions.
Phases;
Stalking/hunting;
When a zombie ’‘hungers’’, it will look for prey. It uses all its basic senses, at least that which still properly function; sight, smell and hearing. Vibrations felt by men are also a good zombie magnet. so just switch on a buncha vibrators, then escape like mad It will never actually know where to look, but will instead wander around until it finds a person, and will use its senses to help in said localization. If NONE of the senses work however, it will have to rely on ’‘luck’’; but its instinct otherwise drives it as strongly as any zombie.
Exception; Sometimes the more human side of the zombie might weakly resurface, drawing it to places it was familiar with, back when it was a normal human being. In some cases where it is believed that a virus has taken hold of the corpse’s system, there are theories that said virus might accentuate some of the senses, making it easier for the zombie to locate prey. If, on the other hand, the zombie is powered by necromancy or other magic, the source of the magic may do a lot of the work for them, depending on the power of the one responsible for the outbreak.
Attack;
When the zombie locates a prey, it attacks. It has no mind of its own, and will usually go all out, despite whatever resistance or obstacles lay in their way. In these cases, the zombie may often make use of physical prowess which it otherwise never displays. Most common are surprising speed and frightening strength. Its natural abilities, such as insane resilience to everything until the brain is destroyed can make it a formidable enemy. Note then, that no matter how rotted or fucked up a zombie’s physical state, its madness will not decrease, and it will be as effective as a fresh zombie. The only exception here is missing limbs and other obviously fatal setbacks.
Exception; The zombie still has a brain. It’s pretty much useless besides being a vessel for the virus, or the control point of ’‘soul’’, but it happens that, again, the human side may resurface. In this way, a zombie can ’‘learn’’. Use blunt objects to smash windows, or comprehend the functions of a door and its handle, and therefore open it. It can learn this by accident or observation. In most cases the zombie can never upgrade to anything beyond extremely primitive tool handling, but it should not be overlooked.
Repose;
When a zombie has eaten and is ’‘satisfied’’, it may begin to ’‘explore’’. The rudimentary life which its source has given it will allow it to sniff things, handle objects, or stare out at something, or at nothing, for hours on end, until it is once again ready to hunt.
Exception; The zombie may attempt at more human things, such as trying to drive a car, flip the pages of a book or use a phone. However, these are sad remnants of its past life, which the zombie does not, in any way, comprehend, and anyways, is often very short lived. The instinct of a zombie is so strong and pure that, even if it ate flesh two minutes ago and is ’‘satisfied’’, if a human walks by, it will give chase. besides Bub from Day of the Dead; that fucker MOURNED; irony bro
It should be noted too, that while in repose, a zombie may taste and eat other things. This is all it knows to do, therefore, this should be expected of them, when they are in a more docile mode. Munching on the brains of a fallen zombie, or licking chips. However, when the instinct kicks in, and said instinct is a short fuse…they abandon whatever is not human flesh.
There are different kinds of zombies; classical and zoombies. Classic Romero/Lucio Fulci zombies that walk very slowly, and sprinters, which can run. My new favorite term for these kinds is ’‘zoombies’’. There are also spoof zombies, which are found in more humorist settings; zombies who learn to speak, wield firearms, and crack jokes. However, despite their physical aptitude and differences, a zombie, in order to be a zombie, must feed on the flesh of the living and pretty much be mindless. I personally do not consider a zombie which is aware of its existence a true zombie, but they still kick ass.
But zombies were not always flesh eaters. The African and Haitian beliefs and mythology present them as reanimated corpses which need no feeding and do not have the instinct to do this. Apparently, only certain sorcerers or shamans had/have the power to perform such magic as to raise the dead. The zombies can follow simple commands, but as corpses, are usually too weak to wreak havoc, and to make more than one or two rise from the earth in a short time is said to be extremely taxing on the summoner, so never mind an actual battalion of them.
Furthermore, I…
…uh…sorry guys. I can only just really talk about zombies, and enjoy them. I have no idea really, what deeply rooted reason is responsible for their fascination, but I will point out, it is nothing new. Zombie fascination, both flesh eaters and the ones closer to the actual myth, have been around since the thirties, at least by my personal identification throughout entertainment. It goes back much further than this, though.
Zombie love goes through plenty of phases, but like all horror, it is ancient, and here to stay. I have tried plenty of times to explain why, but actually, I do not know. The problem with me is that my love of horror feels natural to me, and has never been, therefore, an ’‘interest’’. It was always just THERE, so I’ve never felt the need to explain it.
However, I completely command both @fremen_warrior and @Plucky for their posts, and I bow to them. ’‘head falls off’’
TLDR; Twilight fucking sucks.
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