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Post by America on Feb 6, 2013 20:57:56 GMT -5
(In which the science clears up and Meri can put her two cents in.)
I actually vote for putting up a reference. I mean, it would save me a lot of writing, "and there was a rotting zombie," because I don't watch zombie shows/movies and I don't play zombie games and I'm not in any classes in which we focus on dead bodies and I know next to nothing about how bodies work after death.
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Post by Spain on Feb 6, 2013 21:56:03 GMT -5
I could totally do that tonight, if needed. oco I mean it's saved on my computer since I had to do it for a paper.
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Post by England on Feb 6, 2013 22:07:32 GMT -5
Yeah, sure, go for it. Send it to me, I'll put it in the appropriate thread (because it's locked =3=). The more we know o3o
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Post by Scotland on Feb 7, 2013 3:39:57 GMT -5
Rigor only lasts for about a day. Then the body becomes pliable again. Their slow movement and poor coordination I attribute to the fact they no longer have fine motor control, and they have rotting parts. In my head I imagined the zombies would be mostly blind as the eyes are one of the first things to go after death.
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Post by England on Feb 7, 2013 8:39:43 GMT -5
I'm in for zombies having bad eyesight, but they can still somewhat see because it helps our plots along because of the eletrical impulses that the brain still provides to the different parts of the body. It's mostly their sense of smell and hearing that enables them to locate living beings. I'd like to add a sixth sense, the smell of fear, because all rational thought has left them and they are left with instincts, so like a primitive hunter, they could smell fear... but then again, I don't wanna push it too far =w=
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Post by Spain on Feb 7, 2013 17:42:38 GMT -5
England: I'll send it ASAP~ And I like it up until the fear part. ^^; But other than that that works~
Scottie: Ooooh~ Good thinking. oco
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Post by Scotland on Feb 8, 2013 3:16:12 GMT -5
I can go with somewhat see. Their vision would be cloudy and blurry because the eyes have dried out and shriveled a bit, but the cornea is still there. Unless they are really badly decomposed, then the eyes would have rotted out.
Most smelling is done with the tongue, as the nose sucks in air and then directs air that to the back of the tongue. As long as they had a tongue, I could imagine they could smell, because as their fluids are oozing, it might keep the tongue somewhat moist.
I don't imagine the ear drums shrivel, so hearing shouldn't be that badly effected. I'm not sure, as I never checked what the condition of ear drums might be after death. Being able to hear or sense another living being, I can get behind. Ever been alone in the room and get the sense of being watched or another living being was in the room with you? I imagine the zombies would have this sense sharpened due to instinct.
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Post by England on Feb 8, 2013 17:14:33 GMT -5
I'm cool with Scottie's standards for seeing/hearing/smelling. Sounds plausible =w=
As for that feeling you get when you just feel like someone is watching you, I'd tend to say that zombie would have that feeling, but would not have the rational ability to make sense of it and realize that they are being observed. So if you are watching a zombie from behind it, it won't feel observed and suddenly turn around to look for the observer. But if you keep super quiet and don't move and they can't see you, but are terrified out of your wits and are closely following the movements of the zombies, I'd say they would feel that something is there for them, but would not know what, or where. But like I said, that's pushing it a bit on the brink of supernatural, so think of it as you will =w=
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