"Zombies can't climb." WE BEEN LIED TO!!!

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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on May 21, 2011 at 7:46pm

see. this is my point exactly. the guide said that a zombie cant climb stairs or would at least find it difficult so to destroy the star case leading to the second floor. but if we did that, we would only trap ourselves. and as far as learning goes. even the most primitive of apes learned to use tools. like the chimpanzee learned to use limbs as clubs. so as far as figuring out how to use and climb a ladder. i dont see where the zombies cant learn to do that either. a lot of things in my opinion need to be rethought as far as the I.Q. of the dead go. also if i may point out. in some cases the dead did in movies like ants do. when their cohorts fall along a wall and the bodies start to pile up. they just climb up the bodies that are piling up. this give them the same way ants do. a means to get up a wall or to cross a moat. see my point? if the most small minded of primates and insects can adapt then why cant the undead? after all we are them and they are us. they just work on a less perfect level.

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Permalink Reply by Komrad Wayne on May 23, 2011 at 2:01pm

insects and primates still think though...they are capable of rational "thought" when it comes to survival, and when your talking about a dead body, the joints and the muscles and tendons and all that sweet stuff that makes our bodies function, simply wont function, if they cant bend theyre legs at the knees they cant climb steps, if they dont have muscles to hold theyre weight and pull themselves up they cant climb ladders, etc...sure they may be able to walk over a pile of bodies, Ill give you that much, but anything more complex than staggering along mindlessly I dont think poses too much threat...unless its a rage virus of course...

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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on May 23, 2011 at 9:12pm

they are a little stronger then you give them credit for. where you and i have limits to our strengths because our bodies tell us when to stop. theirs dont. plus the fact that rigor mortise has set into the limbs gives them a degree of rigidity that wouldnt normally be there. also you are severely underestimating their I.Q. because they retain a certain degree of what they were in life. and there in lies the real threat. because like i said once before. we are them and they are us. they just work less perfectly is all. plus when planning to fight an enemy that has yet to be encountered. do you really want to leave things to chance? we dont know for sure what they can do. better over prepared then under prepared.

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Permalink Reply by Komrad Wayne on May 26, 2011 at 5:56pm

I know we really have no way of knowing for sure, but I fail to see how they can possibly be stronger than us, there bodies are frail, and your point of rigor mortise  actually further backs me up, the stiffness of their limbs will limit their mobility, and I.Q? I suppose thats the great unknown, due to the fact that a zombies brain is technically still functioning...but on some sort of subconcense (sp?) level... I dont think they are capable of rational thought though, problem solving...(of course in my current short story I go against this as they begin to learn flanking maneuvers and what not lol)

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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on May 26, 2011 at 8:07pm

before i go any further. have you ever touched a dead man? i have. yes. it will be stiffened up in the limbs with rigor. and with that said. add that to a firm average mans grip can make for a very hard hold to break. and there is a trick that morticians use to be able to work with a corps. when a body gets rigor mortise. the mortician can "break it out" so to speak by flexing the arms and legs. this allows them to dress a body for viewing. otherwise they would have to cut up the clothing totally and sew the clothing together as they apply them to the body. but by breaking out the rigor. all they have to do is cut the shirt and suite coat up the back. apply them and tuck the open ends under the body. the pants, with the legs now limber. can be pulled up and fastened like usual. they also break out rigor in the hands so things like rings and other jewelry can be applied. all this is done in one 8 hour night shift so all that needs to be done is for the resident cosmetologist to apply the makeup and then have the funeral at the families discretion. the reason i know this is because i had a friend who worked as a mortician. i helped break the rigor out of a man being embalmed that night. why i said yes to this day is beyond me. but i learned a lot about the human body and death that night. but one thing i need to point out. even a person who dies and not attended to by a funeral home that comes back to life can eventually move freely. reason being they are flexing their own stiff muscles. they are breaking out their own rigor mortise. so in time. less then 2 day tops. they will be able to move freely like us. maybe not as perfectly. but very much like us. as far as their intelligence goes. that will remain to be seen when the dead do walk again. i to doubt they will have rational thought. but like i said before. even the most primitive of apes learn to use clubs and rocks as tools. so i do feel we will have this problem to deal with in hand to hand confrontations with zombies. but again this is my humble opinion.

 

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Permalink Reply by casecloser on May 26, 2011 at 8:36pm

Everyone's interpretation of what zombies can do is different. i personally think they lack the motor skills to climb, or climb ladders at that!

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