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Nosfera2
Nosfera2
possibly worse issue on z day
Jul 24 2008, 2:44 PM EDT
what if on z day the virus effects more than humans like wild animals and zoo animals or it causes stronger mutations 3  out of 5 found this valuable. Do you?    
~Jack~
~Jack~
RE: possibly worse issue on z day
Jul 24 2008, 3:07 PM EDT
then we are all doomed. Our food supply is compromised and we must all become vegan. A vegan diet is very difficult to maintain due to the lack of protein available. Nuts can help, but you need to eat a lot of them. Do you find this valuable?    
Zaitch
Zaitch
RE: possibly worse issue on z day
Jul 24 2008, 3:19 PM EDT
There's no need for such drastic ation, same as every human won't be a Z, neither will all animals. Just hunt the uninfected ones, they should be easy to differentiate from infected (Z dogs in Resident Evil had bites etc.) Do you find this valuable?    
~Jack~
~Jack~
RE: possibly worse issue on z day
Jul 24 2008, 3:43 PM EDT
True... but then again, there is an incubation time, right?

Also, some animals that we can eat are naturally a predator. I am not going to kill an animal in self defence and not eat it. :P
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centorium
centorium
RE: possibly worse issue on z day
Nov 2 2008, 7:35 AM EST
Well if it starts in humans then its going to take time to spread to animal's but i think there is a chance of it happening,If the virus/infection etc is spread through bites and blood and i think that a stray dog/pigeon etc won't sniff at a bit of dead zombie,surely eventually a dog full up with yummy infected meat would become infected?

Personally i'm scared of mosquito's sucking infected blood and then giving me a bite :(
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IrishHitman
IrishHitman
RE: possibly worse issue on z day
Nov 2 2008, 4:45 PM EST
Livestock is generally isolated from the majority of the human population.

It is very likely that the majority of cows/pigs etc would be uninfected, unless initial airborne infections affect animals.
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Green-Arrow
Green-Arrow
RE: possibly worse issue on z day
Nov 10 2008, 5:42 PM EST
Zombie mosquitoes and flies would indeed be one the worst scenarios imaginable (assuming one bite and you're infected for good).

Zombie birds would also be a nightmare of Hitchcockian proportions. Imagine swarms of bloodthirsty crows, seagulls, pigeons, robins -- the spread of the disease would be exponentially accelerated. Defense would be near impossible, save for underground or other air-tight bunkers (and in those cases, you'd better be stocked for a LONG wait).
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brandon_a_boyer
brandon_a_boyer
RE: possibly worse issue on z day
Nov 10 2008, 6:28 PM EST
I have to agree with Jack, if the virus jumps species boundries than we are all fucked.

rats
mosquitos
Fleas
they would all spread the virus


wild dogs and wolves
birds
raccoons
foxes
they'd be everywhere.

I mean come on can you imagine a zombie bear? or Lion? what about a 3000lb rampaging zombie BULL?
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