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Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:22 pm
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Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:41 pm
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Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:45 pm
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Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:45 pm
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Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:47 pm
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Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:20 pm
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Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:40 pm
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N for Notorious well its obviously fictional but no its possible. The virus mutates the brain, possibly preventing its decay, and re-animates the body with a signal after it has been medically dead, a corpse doesn't need food or water to survive, so its essentially just a brain that can preserve its ability to function beyond death, whats your opinion on this Nolife?
A virus can't survive in dead tissue, so the idea of a zombie being a walking corpse (that is, a walking dead body) clashes with the idea of a zombie being created by a virus. If the zombie's body weren't entirely dead (save for the nervous system), it wouldn't sound quite so far-fetched. That being said, I think that the virus's ability to reanimate its host after death helps it to spread from host to host and thus ensures its own survival (in other words, it's an effective adaptation).
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:52 am
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NoLifeKing66 N for Notorious well its obviously fictional but no its possible. The virus mutates the brain, possibly preventing its decay, and re-animates the body with a signal after it has been medically dead, a corpse doesn't need food or water to survive, so its essentially just a brain that can preserve its ability to function beyond death, whats your opinion on this Nolife? A virus can't survive in dead tissue, so the idea of a zombie being a walking corpse (that is, a walking dead body) clashes with the idea of a zombie being created by a virus. If the zombie's body weren't entirely dead (save for the nervous system), it wouldn't sound quite so far-fetched. That being said, I think that the virus's ability to reanimate its host after death helps it to spread from host to host and thus ensures its own survival (in other words, it's an effective adaptation). but if the virus wasn't able to spread, it would die (i.e. the zombies that were frozen in the arctic, or the ones that were dropped in the trenches underwater)
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:14 pm
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:34 pm
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:08 pm
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awaqu NoLifeKing66 N for Notorious well its obviously fictional but no its possible. The virus mutates the brain, possibly preventing its decay, and re-animates the body with a signal after it has been medically dead, a corpse doesn't need food or water to survive, so its essentially just a brain that can preserve its ability to function beyond death, whats your opinion on this Nolife? A virus can't survive in dead tissue, so the idea of a zombie being a walking corpse (that is, a walking dead body) clashes with the idea of a zombie being created by a virus. If the zombie's body weren't entirely dead (save for the nervous system), it wouldn't sound quite so far-fetched. That being said, I think that the virus's ability to reanimate its host after death helps it to spread from host to host and thus ensures its own survival (in other words, it's an effective adaptation). but if the virus wasn't able to spread, it would die (i.e. the zombies that were frozen in the arctic, or the ones that were dropped in the trenches underwater) well Max brooks indicates those are both still cariers, but the idea is you don't have just those, but you also have urban, rural and etc zombies that are still alive
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Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:19 am
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N for Notorious awaqu NoLifeKing66 N for Notorious well its obviously fictional but no its possible. The virus mutates the brain, possibly preventing its decay, and re-animates the body with a signal after it has been medically dead, a corpse doesn't need food or water to survive, so its essentially just a brain that can preserve its ability to function beyond death, whats your opinion on this Nolife? A virus can't survive in dead tissue, so the idea of a zombie being a walking corpse (that is, a walking dead body) clashes with the idea of a zombie being created by a virus. If the zombie's body weren't entirely dead (save for the nervous system), it wouldn't sound quite so far-fetched. That being said, I think that the virus's ability to reanimate its host after death helps it to spread from host to host and thus ensures its own survival (in other words, it's an effective adaptation). but if the virus wasn't able to spread, it would die (i.e. the zombies that were frozen in the arctic, or the ones that were dropped in the trenches underwater) well Max brooks indicates those are both still cariers, but the idea is you don't have just those, but you also have urban, rural and etc zombies that are still alive
actaully to some point the virus is still gonna remain unknown. giving the knowledge of what they have on book to movie knowledge once a zombie all of it system are shutdown expect for the will to eat meat. zombie can go a long time without water and having to breathe. it only function it got are the ability to walk,crawl, and maybe squirm. (that if the both legs and arms have been detached) but if the virus has others way of spreading. humans arent the only way to spread a diease around. basically what could happen if a zombie where to go without eating is that one it starts losing weight any etc. it had start to slowly die off but the will to eat still stay alive
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Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:37 am
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awaqu NoLifeKing66 N for Notorious well its obviously fictional but no its possible. The virus mutates the brain, possibly preventing its decay, and re-animates the body with a signal after it has been medically dead, a corpse doesn't need food or water to survive, so its essentially just a brain that can preserve its ability to function beyond death, whats your opinion on this Nolife? A virus can't survive in dead tissue, so the idea of a zombie being a walking corpse (that is, a walking dead body) clashes with the idea of a zombie being created by a virus. If the zombie's body weren't entirely dead (save for the nervous system), it wouldn't sound quite so far-fetched. That being said, I think that the virus's ability to reanimate its host after death helps it to spread from host to host and thus ensures its own survival (in other words, it's an effective adaptation). but if the virus wasn't able to spread, it would die (i.e. the zombies that were frozen in the arctic, or the ones that were dropped in the trenches underwater)
If a zombie was frozen, it's possible that the virus would be frozen as well. Both could continue to exist in suspended animation until they thawed. I'm not so sure about the zombies at the bottom of the ocean.
That being said, the problem with Max Brook's zombies is that the virus only reanimates the brain. The rest of the body remains dead. Because viruses can't survive in dead tissue, the virus would quickly die off, drastically lowering the danger of infection. Max Brooks could have resolved this issue in one of two ways:
1) Zombies are not actually dead. The virus uses living cells to replicate, causing severe necrosis, making zombies appear to be "the walking dead".
2) Zombies die, but the virus reanimates their tissues.
In this situation, he is relying on the suspension of disbelief.
xTx Monty xTx actaully to some point the virus is still gonna remain unknown. giving the knowledge of what they have on book to movie knowledge once a zombie all of it system are shutdown expect for the will to eat meat. zombie can go a long time without water and having to breathe. it only function it got are the ability to walk,crawl, and maybe squirm. (that if the both legs and arms have been detached) but if the virus has others way of spreading. humans arent the only way to spread a diease around. basically what could happen if a zombie where to go without eating is that one it starts losing weight any etc. it had start to slowly die off but the will to eat still stay alive
I'm not sure what you're trying to say here, but Max Brooks makes it very clear that zombies derive no nutrition from the flesh they consume. It simply sits undigested in their GI tract. Also, fluid-fluid transmission is indeed the only way to spread the infection. Max Brooks says that vectors of disease, such as insects, will avoid flesh infected with Solanum.
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Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:16 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:42 am
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