Can zombies be a reality?

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Can zombies be a reality?
Topic Started: Jan 21 2009, 10:22 PM (116 Views)
Aviculor	Jan 21 2009, 10:22 PM Post #1
Forum Master Posts: 123 Group: Chief Admin Member #1 Joined: January 18, 2009	http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-sci...lly-happen.html science and internet people with overactive imaginations say yes.



Less Than John	Jan 22 2009, 08:41 PM Post #2
DRAT! Posts: 23 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: January 18, 2009	depends on what kind of zombie you are talking about, i mean the zombies that aren't living dead seem like a total possibility. i mean think about it, if it were to be a strain of rabies it would totally make sense. or any disease that could possibly negate the thought centers and over-enlarge the medulla oblongata (anger center in the brain) which would cause massive amounts of rage and little thought process =] so basically, i think it possible.



Inanimate-RZ	Jan 24 2009, 12:58 AM Post #3
Member (-50) Posts: 45 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: January 19, 2009	Anythings possible, no matter how unlikely?



Charcoal Wolf	Jan 24 2009, 11:58 AM Post #4
Member (-50) Posts: 14 Group: Members Member #8 Joined: January 19, 2009	XD I read that, and, being the loser that I am, have been unable to get to sleep unless my body is on the verge of collapse for the past few nights. But I think that those are all pretty good possibilities.



Inanimate-RZ	Jan 24 2009, 12:52 PM Post #5
Member (-50) Posts: 45 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: January 19, 2009	Charcoal Wolf Jan 24 2009, 11:58 AM XD I read that, and, being the loser that I am, have been unable to get to sleep unless my body is on the verge of collapse for the past few nights. But I think that those are all pretty good possibilities. Wow. Really?



Charcoal Wolf	Jan 24 2009, 12:56 PM Post #6
Member (-50) Posts: 14 Group: Members Member #8 Joined: January 19, 2009	Actually, yes. The evidence does point towards possibility and likeliness, but I know that the odds are that it won't happen for... meh, I give it a decade. Of course, now for the next ten years I'll freak out at night. My overactive imagination has something to do with my special-lefty-both-sides-of-the-brain-used-powerstuff, so while one is practical, one is busy worrying about every little unbelievably unlikely thing. Anyways, my favorite was the witch doctor one XD Yay for zombie powder!



Aviculor	Jan 24 2009, 01:26 PM Post #7
Forum Master Posts: 123 Group: Chief Admin Member #1 Joined: January 18, 2009	i find the parasite scenario very interesting simply because of all the ones that actually do exist and actually do alter behavior so that the hosts are essentially the walking dead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinochordodes_tellinii a worm that makes grasshoppers drown themselves http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii a protozoa that makes rats seek out cats to be eaten and causes people to become neurotic and have slow reactions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucochloridium_paradoxum a worm that makes snails seek sunlight and causes their eyes to bloat and throb like caterpillars so birds eat them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacculina a barnacle that halts crab molting/regeneration, drains all their energy, sterilizes them, and causes them to treat the barnacle's core like an eggsac.



Nevermore	Jan 25 2009, 01:05 PM Post #8
Newbie Posts: 1 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: January 18, 2009	you guys should look into a book called 'the zombie survival guide'. it's an interesting read. it'll make you paranoid as hell. that's about all i have so far as input since i'm now just gonna agree that yeah, zombies in the form of a disease are possible, if not probable. i feel the need to go watch footage of insecs with their minds taken over by fungus now...



Inanimate-RZ	Jan 25 2009, 02:44 PM Post #9
Member (-50) Posts: 45 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: January 19, 2009	Nevermore Jan 25 2009, 01:05 PM you guys should look into a book called 'the zombie survival guide'. it's an interesting read. it'll make you paranoid as hell. that's about all i have so far as input since i'm now just gonna agree that yeah, zombies in the form of a disease are possible, if not probable. i feel the need to go watch footage of insecs with their minds taken over by fungus now... Ahh, I love that book! I liked reading the section which listed past events of zombies!



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