Saturday, November 14, 2009

Zombies

This one I never thought as serious, but I had a few people ask me to do it. There are two different types of zombies. The first is the Necromancer Zombie; this zombie is a dead body brought back to life by some means of magic. The second is the Disease Zombie; this type is some form of disease that is spread from person to person through fluid exchange, mostly biting.

There is no reason to think the Necromancer Zombie can take over the world. First off you can’t bring the dead back to life with magic, if you believe in magic then never read this blog again. (or give me real evidence of it happening) Second even if it was possible the process is relatively slow; you need some one to go to the grave site dig up the grave and bring it to life. After the army was raised it would only be good once, that is to say; the zombies don’t regenerate, if you blow off a leg it can walk any more. Not an effective army.

The Disease Zombie, this one is now very popular in movies, is some new form if disease that causes brain problems and the need to feed on people. In addition the Disease is spread thought some form of fluid exchange, like biting, scratching, blood, etc. There is a huge problem with this and that is it requires contact from Zombie to person. That means that it will be very easy to contain, no matter how late it is caught you can round up all the infected and isolate them form the population. Next is that the zombies eat people but when people are bitten they turn into zombies. So either the zombies only take one bite from each person or they cannibalize each other. In either case this will cause natural isolation because the zombies will not be able to get transportation across long distances and then they will starve to death or eat each other. And the last flaw is the fact that the human body cannot stay alive long on a diet of just people. The zombies that are converted from people still require a human diet unless there are to die from a nutrient deficiency.

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