04-02-2009, 02:47 PM
Found this on Zombie Wiki: http://www.zombiesurvivalwiki.com/page/H...ise?t=anon
Here is Richard Matheson's (the man who conceived our entire concept of the modern-day zombie) take on how the Zombie Virus might have evolved: The virus evolved from a mutation brought about by the Eastern United States being nuked, and carried by the ensuing dust storms. The germ would be a bacillus, a cylindrical bacteria, that creates an isotonic solution in the blood and circulates the blood slower than normal, still maintaining all bodily functions. In order to produce energy, it has to react with the living cells in fresh human blood thus explaining Zack's insatiable lust to kill. When deprived of blood, it makes self-killing bacteriophage's (proteins that destroy the cells of the host body, causing the zombie to rapidly decompose) or else sporulates (goes into hibernation, killing the zombie and moving on to find another host). Seriously, read the book.
It clearly is not decided that it is a virus or bacteria, and according to the original zombie movie Night of the Living Dead, it must have been a bacteria, because ANYONE who died became a zombie, bitten or not......uh.....yea.....so this could be a major issue if it goes that route......we would be soo screwed...
Here is Richard Matheson's (the man who conceived our entire concept of the modern-day zombie) take on how the Zombie Virus might have evolved: The virus evolved from a mutation brought about by the Eastern United States being nuked, and carried by the ensuing dust storms. The germ would be a bacillus, a cylindrical bacteria, that creates an isotonic solution in the blood and circulates the blood slower than normal, still maintaining all bodily functions. In order to produce energy, it has to react with the living cells in fresh human blood thus explaining Zack's insatiable lust to kill. When deprived of blood, it makes self-killing bacteriophage's (proteins that destroy the cells of the host body, causing the zombie to rapidly decompose) or else sporulates (goes into hibernation, killing the zombie and moving on to find another host). Seriously, read the book.
It clearly is not decided that it is a virus or bacteria, and according to the original zombie movie Night of the Living Dead, it must have been a bacteria, because ANYONE who died became a zombie, bitten or not......uh.....yea.....so this could be a major issue if it goes that route......we would be soo screwed...
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