This is a reprint of our post from last year, but is a good refresher for tonight: Straight from the official “The Walking Dead” Twitter feed, here is the list of rules that the Zombies in AMC’s The Walking Dead follow:
Zombie Rule #1: Ability to run is based on the amount of time a zombie has been undead, and how much decay has set in.
Zombie Rule #2: Zombies decay but at a much slower rate than humans, and it’s still possible to differentiate between young and old zombies.
Zombie Rule #3: Zombies are like lions: if they’ve eaten, you can walk by them without fear, but a pack of hungry zombies will attack you.
Zombie Rule #4: The quickest speed of any zombie is a shambling run. see Night of the Living Dead. NO sprinters exist.
Zombie Rule #5: Zombies are not dexterous. They cannot pick up or use any items more complex than a rock or a stick.
Zombie Rule #6: Zombies have poor eyesight but they do have a strong sense of smell.
Zombie Rule #7: Zombies cannot speak but can communicate by pack mentality. The herd tends to move together if they sight food.
Zombie Rule #8: There is no overt recognition of people or places, there is a sense of familiarity that can dictate where a zombie moves.
Zombie Rule #9: There’s no known cause of the zombie mutation, but it’s suspected to be a virus or infection.
Zombie Rule #10: Once you’re bitten you’ll die and reanimate as a walker. How long it takes is related to the nature your bite.
I didn’t find any more Walking Dead zombie rules, but if I do, I’ll post them here and let everyone know!
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The only monster to suspend our disbelief in the modern era is the ZoMbIe. No true scientist- given our current knowledge of the complexity of biological systems- could say for sure zombies are not -at least-plausible. That said, I believe the success and serious ass-kicking drama in the show demonstrates a scary foreshadow to our current world view. Just as King Kong spoke to the depression, and foreshadowed the “beast in modern man”: WWII, the holocaust, nuclear weapons…, the zombie has come to replace our old monsters. To me, this spells out another coming tragedy for humanity- if each of us continues on the current path of personal gain at the expense of the greater good, then The Walking Dead may be a sociological wake up call (like Dracula, Frankenstein and the monsters of old were.) The depression gave us Kong. But Now…..WE ARE THE ZOMBIES!!!!! We rough beasts slouch towards a dark dawn, to devour the world.
Or maybe I just LOVE the show, and am really High right now…… Brains!!!!!!
Well said!