Why do Zombies smell like shit?

[LiamKerrington]

Hi.

Topic says it all: Why do Zombies, especially the ones in WA, smell like shit?

Thoughts? Opinions?

All the best!
Liam

[yarri]

Pheromones, or musk glands. I have it on good authority deer musk smells of strong urine. It would stand to reason that as Zeds /biters or what ever we are calling them act a great deal like pack animals and the "shit" smell could smell could be a "musk"

[LiamKerrington]

Hi.

Interesting thought. So you theorize that Zombie-ism adds some extra-punch to certain pheromon-production or eventually adding specific glands?

I thought something along the line that certain functions of the automatic nervous system would simply break down - like, you know, with the disfunctioning of pain-receptors. What, if simply those body-functions simply don't work anymore to hold back ... the end-product of metabolism, like pee and poo! That would be an explanation for it ...

And as silly as this might sound, it really keeps me busy, because every now and then the different characters in WA speak of Zeds smelling like shit ...

All the best!
Liam

[yarri]

It could very well be pee and poo. Zeds like animals do not use the toilet nor are overly concerned with hygiene. I do not think its a breakdown of the digestive system as food processed by teeth and saliva (spit is part of the metabolic system ) contains enzymes to to start the process of digestion. If the gut does not function we would have zombies exploding all over the place as rotting food in a warm in closed space equals fermentation and that leads to a build up of gas .... You see where I'm going with this?

[LiamKerrington]

Mh, yeah. I think. Thank you, I didn't think of the whole picture. So I liek what you are saying there.
Probably it is just this "hygiene" think and maybe a zombie-related over-production of certain pheromons ...

[Robzombie]

Also, maybe the "smells like shit" comments aren't meant to be taken literally. We say all kinds of things smell/taste/look like shit when it's just a simile/metaphor(?...I forget, grammer school was so long ago) for smelling/tasting/looking bad or distasteful in general. I take it that their specific smell is just a result of flesh rot & loss of hygiene including pooping in their pants.

[Witch_Doctor]

I was reading a Z-book called Infection where the Zs smell like poop because they just walk and crap. It's due to the lack of Z-Hygiene as mentioned above. I also wondered about the lack of a functioning digestive system leading to exploding Zs.

Makes you think.....
Blocked and Bloated

[LiamKerrington]

I was reading a Z-book called Infection where the Zs smell like poop because they just walk and crap. It's due to the lack of Z-Hygiene as mentioned above. I also wondered about the lack of a functioning digestive system leading to exploding Zs.

Makes you think.....
Blocked and Bloated

Infection written by Sean Schubert?
Or The Infection by Craig DiLouie?
Or maybe one of the few Kindle-book-editions titled with "Infection", but written by various authors like G.W. Ellis, or Mark Cooper?
Or do you speak of a translation of "Infektion" written by Ben Tripp und Bernhard Kempen?

Man, I didn't know it was possible to publish different novels under the (nearly) same title ...

All the best!
Liam

[Witch_Doctor]

Infection written by Sean Schubert?
Or The Infection by Craig DiLouie?
Or maybe one of the few Kindle-book-editions titled with "Infection", but written by various authors like G.W. Ellis, or Mark Cooper?
Or do you speak of a translation of "Infektion" written by Ben Tripp und Bernhard Kempen?

Man, I didn't know it was possible to publish different novels under the (nearly) same title ...

All the best!
Liam

The Infection by Craig DiLouie

Sorry, was too lazy to search for the author's name when I posted. I knew this would happen too. So many works with that name. I guess you can say it is an Infectious title.

[DannyBox]

The fact that they are much likely dead explains it all, the corps rotten and the old blood and the sweet all that mix together give a great odor in their body, is incredible they don't smell their own stink but the sweet of humans they can miles away.