Comments on: HOW LONG DO ZOMBIES LAST?

By: ZRS Staff

ZRS Staff — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:17:26 +0000

That’s not accurate. By the end of the first stage of decay in a human corpse – which can be as short as a week – the bacteria in the mouth has traveled to the brain and eaten it out so much that it oozes out of the nose like mush.

By: hanna

hanna — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:23:47 +0000

it takes six months for the brain to rot

By: Corwin

Corwin — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 09:43:36 +0000

Well assuming that we are talking of zombies that are finally killed when they have no brain they must reach stage two. But the passage above is right it could take longer for them to decompose. If that is the case you must also plug in Geographical entities such as hot weather and cold weather. After all of that you must also see if they have a migration, the more they move the more the body of the undead breaks down. Upon factoring all those plus natural decomposition you could look at a matter of weeks or years.

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By: timothy goeft

timothy goeft — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:01:42 +0000

acid and lime can be good but i would think they will still be moving so one thing u mmight check is if it might burn through the door they are pushing on caus if so it may endamger you by the ones u didnt dump it on.i too think that it can be a good haven though.but with that said, what do you think there lifespan might be?

By: timothy goeft

timothy goeft — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:56:36 +0000

but you got to remember even if it is colder states that they can live longer they will be less mobile in those states. and i think that the infected can last anywhere from 1 to 3 year span aas long as they are like you said in colder climate it may be 3 year cause the virus will surely affect the bacteria that is responsibel for decay and there is no insects. plus the decay will differ from that of a corpse simply cause it is in motion and upright unlike the corpes so none of the bugs will be on it as much.

By: michael belt

michael belt — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:49:37 +0000

The Iifespan of a zombie would be heavily dependent on it’s environment. One that promotes decay would shorten the ‘lifespan’. The danger is what the zombie can achieve in thatamount of time because for everyone that is newly created, the clock starts over. Also, I have a question as to whether the zombie virus can be spread thru aerosol activities like naplaming an open field of them and the smoke from the burning bodies carry the zombie plaque

By: Rita Soares (Ritz Crackerz)

Rita Soares (Ritz Crackerz) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:14:03 +0000

@ Bryan ::::::: “Controlled environment” tell me…how long would that last? lol

By: Mark Gillean

Mark Gillean — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:03:59 +0000

I’ts a known fact that part of decay is parasitic life forms (most of them being microscopic) feeding on the rotted flesh of dead things. There is a strong, and common, belief that a zombies brain shuts down (with the exception of the baser functions run by the Medulla Oblongata, or brain stem). The question I propose is why wouldn’t the virus re-activate other parts of the brain and even alter them? The Pituitary gland is a growth hormone producing gland located in the brain with the Hypothalamus connected to this gland. why couldn’t the zombie brain produce an altered version of growth hormones (more of a natural preservative hormone) and have it trickle through the zombies system via a gravity feed type situation.
This type of activity would prevent cellular decay and since I’m sure even bacteria, or anything with it’s own DNA, (Mitochondria being an exception) would probably do it’s best to prevent self infection and steer clear of trying to eat the infected flesh of any zombie. The lack of anything to help this process, combined with a natural preservative would slowor even halt the ‘natural order’ of brake down.
Allowing zombies to last much longer then might have been considered possible.

By: grt

grt — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:38:53 +0000

the time span all depends on if the “zombification” process keeps them human or turns them into something completely new but if you look at what some of the recorded outbreaks ZRS has found it would seem like it would have to be similar to the normal human body decay rate