Posted: 3/8/2009 11:33:57 AM EDT
| Since zombies are dead and don't produce heat, wouldn't they freeze in the colder climates? Could the same be said for vampires? |
Yes, zombies freeze. Those that live in places like Alaska, Montana, and upstate New York are constantly having frozen zombies re-animate during breakup and spring thaw. They have a tendency to be snowed over which makes detection difficult until everything melts. Thank God I live in Oklahoma, no snow makes it easy to find and destroy zombies year 'round.
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I have a theory that the viral type agents produce a ethanol type substance in the circulating fluid of the Zed.This effectively acts as a "antifreeze".
So , I wouldn't count on Zeds to be frozen , only a bit slower until stimulated by the close proximity of fresh brains.Then the adrenalin... Don't count them out just because they're not moving until you put one in the brain pan. |
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Interesting thread. So in Maine, zombies would be seasonal issues. That's actually pretty neat. The last thing I need to worry about are zombies while snowblowing the driveway.
Easier to round them up too, place them in pens for a skeet-like shooting events during mud-season. |
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If the human body is mostly water, wouldn't a freeze create massive damage as cells expand as they freeze and then cell walls burst like a soda can in the freezer? A Zombie doesn't drink water, so the host body will become dehydrated. How quickly and to what extent, I don't know. But it doesn't matter, because damage to the body doesn't bother a Zombie, unless it's the brain that's exploding. The virus will just replace the muscle tissue anyway. |
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Originally Posted By Hokie
Interesting thread. So in Maine, zombies would be seasonal issues. That's actually pretty neat. The last thing I need to worry about are zombies while snowblowing the driveway.
Easier to round them up too, place them in pens for a skeet-like shooting events during mud-season. Thats what I was wondering for. When the zombies come, we (wife and kids) can find a hidey hole until winter, then beat feat to Maine to stay with the family (or put them to rest as the need presents itself). |
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Interesting thread. So in Maine, zombies would be seasonal issues. That's actually pretty neat. The last thing I need to worry about are zombies while snowblowing the driveway. Easier to round them up too, place them in pens for a skeet-like shooting events during mud-season. 
Just throw 'em in the local pit and shoot 'em to bits! |
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Dupe http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=158&t=835563
Anyways, to the person above. There are some posts in the thread I linked discussing how zombies don't decay like a normal body due to the fact animals and insects and possibly even vacteria do all they can to avoid zombie infected tissue. |
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So, if the zombie freezes, you have to have plans on getting food and other supplies that will last till next winter.
Also would be a good time to maybe set up defenses and axe a few frozen zombie heads. I figure that a zombie invasion would be fast with few surivors and more zombies. So best to have a good supply and a quick method of gathering forces and making small towns with good defenses. so have maps of where to go with good food supplies. Zombies are the main threat then bandits will be the second main threat. |