Facts About All Zombies

How People Turn

• Being bitten or scratched by an infected person.
• Contact with infected blood--and possibly other bodily fluids such as saliva--in a wound or other direct entry route into the body.
  
  • A Tower resident's journal revealed that fluids contact to undamaged skin had no affect.
  • Riley says that she and Pegs witnessed people under attack coming into contact with infected blood and turning.
• In the vast majority of cases turning takes place rapidly after exposure, anywhere between 30 seconds to 2 minutes.
• In a small minority of those exposed to a bite or blood, (ie: "Slow Turners") the change may take days, weeks or even months.
• It is unknown at present if anyone is permanently immune or resistant.

How the Zombies Can Tell Where People Are

• As in humans, sight, smell, and hearing
• Particularly attracted to the smell of blood and the pheromones in sweat.
• Their sense of smell can be overpowered by chemicals with a strong scent, ie perfumes or alcohol.
• Alcoholic drink may either disguise humans or repel zombies.

Notable Facts

• Zombies rest and/or sleep.
• The zombies are cannibals.
• No animals have been observed to turn.
• Zombies seem to build a tolerance to chemicals and harmful impacts quickly (ie: homemade chloroform and bullets).
• Some zombies take more than one bullet to bring down.
• The zombies in L.A. were observed to carry both their dead victims and fellow zombies back to the the Arena.
• Not all zombies retrieve their dead as the L.A. zombies do. This fact is stated by Victor, near the Colony.
• Not all zombies use the the Arena as a home base. Some prefer to live on an island, etc.
• In general Zombies (especially regulars) hunt or roam in packs; but smaller numbers or single Zombies are encountered as well in almost any region.
• Although some Zombies or groups of Zombies are encountered during the daytime, only a few days after the outbreak the higher threat from Zombies is during the night.
• Clear distinction between zombies that lead and zombies that follow.
• Burt mentioned that he believes that the smarter you were in life, the smarter you are as a zombie.
• Based on the descriptions from the main characters journals, the "zombies" are all described as having some sort of deformity or super human strength or ability.
• Uncertain whether zombies are actually dead. Necessity of food and sleep points otherwise.
• According to Tanya Zombies need food and air as normal living beings.

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