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For questions about undead creatures, typically depicted as mindless, reanimated human corpses with a hunger for human flesh.
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Zombie diet, why humans?
Zombies are basically human rotting bodies.
To keep them together, they need to supply spare elements taken from a human body. …
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How can you weaponize a thermos?
Stuff the thermos with explosive.
Attach a fuse to it.
The explosion will fragment the steel case into shrapnel which will throw havoc in the surrounding of the explosion.
For additional bonus you …
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Why would the military use tanks in a zombie apocalypse?
Zombies go for the flesh of the humans.
Tanks are really hard to open cans, and are proved capable of running over bodies. … They made a good protection for the humans they carry inside tasked with killing the zombies. …
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What kind of scientist would be ideal for studying zombies?
There is no short list, it all boils down on which aspect of zombies you want to study. … The same can apply to zombies. And don't forget that many fields of study have overlapping between them. …
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Zombies with mostly busted brains
Have you ever heard that a snake head can bite even after it has been severed from the body? Well, it's not a figure of speech, it can happen. Same with fishes, they can still bite after they are dead …
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Why Wouldn't The Military Intervene with a Zombie Apocalypse?
In "normal" countries the military does not meddle with public order affairs. Cops are there for that, and should be better trained at engaging civilians in a more civil way.
This is already a reason …
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How do zombies survive for more than just a few months?
Zombie don't eat for hunger and need of self sustenance, they eat out of a sort of rage against the living, induced by the agent causing the zombification, in the same way as a rabid animal bites. Not …
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Would a trench filled with mercury stop zombies in their tracks?
Besides all the other considerations, Mercury is highly dense, meaning it is fairly easy to float on it... and though your zombies may be clumsy they may still figure out how to increase their shoes footprint …
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Is amputation a feasible solution in the zombie apocalypse?
You have only two options:
Amputation of the limb
No amputation and killing the infected
If you want to preserve as much as possible the men count in your settlement, amputation is viable, as long …
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How long would it take to infect the world from Morocco with the kind of zombie virus I've d...
There are some issues in your story:
As Mike points out, a bacterium cannot disguise itself as a virus. Moreover, a cold cannot kill too much.
Once the host is dead, reactivating his brain will not …
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How to design an advanced deadman's switch for the "vitality impaired"?
Vampires, ghouls and modern zombies have different features, but they all move (if they didn't, well, all horror stories would be pretty boring, or their human protagonists even dumber than today. …
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How could the Girl Scouts prove that Twinkies will trigger the zombie apocalypse?
They are present day teens. I am pretty sure they know how to make a podcast or posting a video online.
They can replicate the process with a small critter (it's easier to handle, it doesn't hurt a …
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Zombie servants are everywhere in the city, what problems does this cause and how do I mitig...
Medieval cities were not that scented: there were no sewers and those not living next to the river (if there was one) used to dump the content of their night pots on the street.
Add to this that the …
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Can You Protect Yourself From Spores With A Bandana?
It depends on the size of the spores.
If they are bigger than the gaps in the thread of the bandanna, the bandanna will stop them and you will be safe.
If they are smaller, the bandanna will not sto …
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Why would you build slow moving vehicles instead of faster ones?
Because when you are in hostile territory with no decent roads, a slow moving vehicle is still better than a toppled up or broken AND standing still vehicle.
If you are crossing a hostile territory yo …