Reasons a zombie apocalypse could end

 

                                                                        Josef Triman

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Reasons a zombie apocalypse could end

Let's pretend for a moment that zombies are real. Have you noticed how most zombie movies take place only after the apocalypse is in full-swing? By the time we join our survivors, the military and government are already wiped out, and none of the streets are safe. There's a reason the movie starts there, and not earlier. It's because the early part, where we go from one zombie to millions, doesn't make any sense.

We are simply too smart and too well-armed for any wild animal to hunt. Now consider the poor zombie. It lacks every single advantage that has kept humanity from being eaten to extinction. It wanders around in the open, it can't use weapons, it can't think or use strategy. It doesn't even have the sense of self preservation to run and hide when it's in danger. And, it's made entirely out of food. It's easy prey for any animal that wants it.In America alone, we have bears, wolves, coyotes and cougars, all of which can put well-armed, thinking, fast-moving humans on the menu, if the conditions are right. To most predators, the "right conditions" are when the animal is weak or infirm, or otherwise generally unable to defend themselves, like a walking corpse.Just think of the millions of stray dogs out there who'll quickly learn that zombies are an easy meal.

            Now imagine zombie hordes wandering Africa. Between lions and cape buffalo (and hippos, and rhinos, and elephants), we'd finally have a disease that Africa is better suited than the rest of the world to defend itself against. 

Lion

 Also One advantage to having a fully-functioning central nervous system is that it also does a good job of letting you know you've been damaged. It does this by way of pain. Think about all the paper cuts and stubbed toes you have suffered in your life. Now imagine they never healed, just sat there and rotted while you continued to rack up other paper cuts, stubbed toes . Pretty much every wound you've ever had would end with an amputation. All the dings and bangs zombies will suffer after tripping, walking off of bridges and stumbling around on dark cloudy nights will eventually leave them limbless, toothless and with every bone in their body broken.

Zombie that wouldn't heal

 Hey, remember that time when that dog got rabies, and then a day later, every single other dog on the continent had it, except for a small band of survivors huddled in a basement? No?,Nearly all of the zombie movies agree on one thing: They reproduce like a disease, one that spreads via a bite from the infected (like they have a virus carried by zombie saliva or whatever). But this also means their spread should be subject to the same rules of a normal epidemic, and biting is a horrible way to get an epidemic going.

The successful diseases have some really clever way to invisibly spread from victim to victim. The flu has killed tens of millions because it floats right through the air, the black plague was spread by fleas, etc. Not a single one of them requires the infected to get within biting distance to spread their infection.

I asked 4 people if they thought a zombie apocalypse could happen. 2 said yes, 2 said no. I also asked why, 1 that said no said there's no science proving it another person that said no said a virus that strong wouldn’t be strong enough to make ourselves turn against each other. The people that said yes said scientist are messing with chemicals and they’re testing them on people and sombody might ingest the perfect amount to mutate themselves to make them zombies.