VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoAre zombies possible in real-life?message-squaremessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down113
arrow-up180arrow-down1message-squareAre zombies possible in real-life?VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-211 months agoI assume they would starve as humans are only good at hunting because of tools. Helpfully we’re not getting the Land of the Dead variety of zombie that is smart enough to use tools. Oh and exposure would probably get them too
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-211 months agoThe weakest would die and the rest would eat them… It’s what happens with locust swarms, you stop moving you become food. An average person in the woods? Yeah. Probably won’t last too long. But it takes a couple weeks to actually starve. Then animals eat them, and maybe they get infected. Maybe that goes back to humans eventually? We still have polio outbreaks, something like this wouldn’t just die out in a few months, or even years. Rare cases would keep popping up, and outbreaks will keep happening.
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoOnly carrion animals are going to eat those bodies. Unless they poison a water supply, it’ll be fairly limited for it being a hotspot for infection.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months ago28 day/weeks later had an infected crow drip blood in a guys eyes and infected him… More animals than you think wouldnt pass up some free meat on the ground. Birds, oppousms, racoons, wolves/coyotes/dogs, foxes, rodents… And even more that would scavanege tiny pieces from every kill site. Mice would honestly be the worse, and most likely. It’s not about them spreading thru attack, just coming into contact with humans.
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoWhat about insects, like mosquitoes or spiders?
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIt’s really hard for a virus, not so much for a fungus
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoYeah I can see what you mean. Reminiscent of 28 Weeks Later.
I assume they would starve as humans are only good at hunting because of tools. Helpfully we’re not getting the Land of the Dead variety of zombie that is smart enough to use tools.
Oh and exposure would probably get them too
The weakest would die and the rest would eat them…
It’s what happens with locust swarms, you stop moving you become food.
An average person in the woods? Yeah. Probably won’t last too long. But it takes a couple weeks to actually starve.
Then animals eat them, and maybe they get infected. Maybe that goes back to humans eventually?
We still have polio outbreaks, something like this wouldn’t just die out in a few months, or even years.
Rare cases would keep popping up, and outbreaks will keep happening.
Only carrion animals are going to eat those bodies. Unless they poison a water supply, it’ll be fairly limited for it being a hotspot for infection.
28 day/weeks later had an infected crow drip blood in a guys eyes and infected him…
More animals than you think wouldnt pass up some free meat on the ground.
Birds, oppousms, racoons, wolves/coyotes/dogs, foxes, rodents…
And even more that would scavanege tiny pieces from every kill site.
Mice would honestly be the worse, and most likely.
It’s not about them spreading thru attack, just coming into contact with humans.
What about insects, like mosquitoes or spiders?
It’s really hard for a virus, not so much for a fungus
Yeah I can see what you mean. Reminiscent of 28 Weeks Later.