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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on May 21, 2010 at 12:57am

i feel for the most part that an animal will avoid the undead as much as possible. but when it comes to a dog and its pups or a bear and its cubs, i think they would fight to defend their young against a zombie as much as they would against you or me. and that is even if they dont eat the dead like a vulture or other predatory animal. i know it sounds nuts to say a predator would eat something dead. but as a hunter i learned one thing about nature. there is no such animal as a true predator and there is no such animal as a true scavenger. a predator will eat something dead just as fast as a scavenger will kill something rather then starve. the only question i have that still will be unanswered till the Z-war hits will be if an animal eats contaminated flesh, will it turn or mutate? and if mutate, what will it turn to? this is such a loaded question that untill it is known for sure. this could go on for as long as there is a theroy to be had. at least thats my humble outlook.

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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on May 21, 2010 at 8:47pm

back in the pioneer days, whole wagon trains were wiped out by grizzly bears. i would hate to think of a "zombie grizzly bear". that would be one hard mother to kill.

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Permalink Reply by casecloser on June 2, 2010 at 1:06pm

Do you think animals would be infected if they ate undead flesh, which animals like vultures do.

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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on June 3, 2010 at 8:01am

yes. there are infections that can infect an animal as easily as a human being. classic example is rabies, mad cow disease, typhoid, and believe it or not even the good old fasioned flu. so with this in mind. its not hard to imagine an animal getting infected by a zombie. especially a vulture or other form of scavenger should feed on a living corps. if this should happen. god help us all.

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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on June 3, 2010 at 6:28pm

i would hate to put money or my life on the differance when it comes to the zombie virus and animal infection. if RE is a prediction, the introduction of the virus to the animal world would knock us not only on our asses but at the bottom of the very food chain. there would be one hell of a fight to regain so much as a foothold much less our position as a species.

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Permalink Reply by casecloser on June 3, 2010 at 10:09pm

yeah if animals get infected it is most definitely over for the human race. Bugs would probably be capable of infected us, let alone every other mammal, bird, or fish.

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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on June 4, 2010 at 12:21am

as much as i hate to say it. if anyone has seen Survival of the Dead then i we stand a shot of being F*#@%D. because in the end, the zombies learned to eat other animals including us. the horse eaten was totally eaten to the bone. but if it were to get away, what then? who's to say the horse wouldn't turn? there are so many possible ways it could turn and if you ask me, none of it good for humanity. only time can tell for once and for all.

Permalink Reply by Komrad Sunyak on June 4, 2010 at 1:17am

I agree with Rhino as well. It would be interesting to see if a zombie encountered someting of substance like a tiger or lion. In Fulci's film Zombie, a shark bit off a zom's arm(the image can be seen now on a current TV commercial).
I would assume that any scavenger that eats dead flesh would eat zombie flesh if given the opportunity. For example, if a zombie lay partially covered under a pile of rumble, I could easily envision birds or rats sneaking in a bite if possible.

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