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in alot of movies the rate in which a person turns into a zombie is either long or instant so my question is if its instant wouldnt the zombies stop eating them?

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Permalink Reply by Komrad Joy Killer on February 6, 2010 at 7:22am: I believe once the zeds start they can't stop. If the heart is still beating, pumping fresh blood they will continue to feed on the human or animal that they have infected.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Komrad Sunyak on February 6, 2010 at 2:18pm: Based on Romero's lore, the zombies will continue to feed on a body that ceased to live. In most movies the zombies take a few minutes to reanimate. But if someone was being consumed at a very slow rate, from say the leg up, it would most definitely rise again before being completely eaten. I dont recall ever seeing it happen in a movie. Good question.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Scatoma on February 6, 2010 at 6:07pm: All stories are different. Sometimes the zombie is self aware and it purposely is spreading and others they are shuffling goons that eat you entirely. Obviously the rate of consumption divided by the rate of infection time the size of the victim minus the uh dur... I have no idea. I have also seen in movies and read in books where the dead are picking chunks off of each other and eating so we will see I guess.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by alchemist on February 6, 2010 at 7:45pm: with all of the eating going on how does the infection spread if they get eaten and how do they survive if zombies are eating zombies?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Scatoma on February 6, 2010 at 9:55pm: Sometimes they only want to eat your brains, so what happens then?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on February 7, 2010 at 3:05pm: i figure it depends on where bitten as to how fast you turn. if you are bitten in an area where there is just minor viens and capilaries, then the turn rate would be slow and the victim be eaten a great deal before turning. but if bitten where there is a major vien or artery, then the victim bitten will turn pretty quick and reanimate intact enough to do major damage because a major blood flow point would spread the infection faster. but i do agree with joy here. i think once the zeds get a taste of fresh blood, they cant stop eating till the one they are eating reanimates and joins the ranks of the undead. just a theory of course. but one i put a lot of stock in. only when we are faced with the day WORLD WAR Z actually happens will we get a lot of the facts on this.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Komrad Joy Killer on February 13, 2010 at 6:07am: As I was reading "Eden" by Tony Monchinski he writes on page 23: "If the zombies are gathered around to start feasting on the newly dead they immediately stop when the dead one stirs, signaling his ascension to their ranks."

Alchemist, someone else has thought about this too!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on February 13, 2010 at 12:11pm: well. look at flyboy in Dawn of the Dead. when he was in the elevator and it opened letting in all the zombies in on him. they ate on him till the door closed again and he killed a bunch. but when more grouped at the elevator to eat but the door opened up to reveal flyboy zombie. they quit wanting to eat him and he showed them where they had been hiding. this shows that they not only eat till the person being eaten reanimates. it also shows they use some of what they knew in past life experiances to hunt for food. US! another thing to be considered here.; ▶ Reply to This