Zombie/Creature types/ Physical Appearance

[Anhysbys]

Grr more tower theories, I sincerely doubt that there would be more than the 2 towers we have already seen. Not everyone would think of adapting hotel/apartment buildings. The mallers thought of the stripmall, but eventually realized how much better the tower was compared to that. Durai isn't stupid either. Further disproving express-built jumpers.

6. Others don't like them.
7. Smarties have minor control over them (enough to coincide semi-peacefully with them in the rink)
8. Ink has control over them.
9. Tank through bullets
10. Layer from eye socket to brain is strong enough to take an arrow.
11. Or they don't need brain.
12. They need high amounts of food intake or they pass out in a semi-dormant state until food arrives/ Diabetic (Angel and Kalani )
13. Have some symptoms showing high amounts of steroids produced in their body.
14. Strong sense of smell and weak sight (points to maybe their eyes aren't functional and serve a defensive purpose and have jellied up heavily instead of the normal purpose[although I highly doubt it]/ #11).
15. Skin is thick enough to avoid steam burns from water pumping plant.
16. Not Frankenmonsters.

[panzerfaust]

Theorie: behemoths are big because of increased testosterone

This is proven by there zits on there faces and why they r so big the infected behemoths brain when it was infected took over the brain and increased the testosterone output creating the leathery skin, zits, and increased size. This also would explain that the disease is a nuero-diseease probably residing in the cerebrel cortex. A good example is a teenager they have zits because they are going through puberty which is basically increased testosterone levels.

[Jordan531]

Here are some of my thoughts. The Smart Ones and Howlers are the same creature. They're like a sort of Commander to the "Biters". IMO Randy is one of these. Behemoths IMO looks like a zombie Hulk but slow and ungainly.

[Solanine]

Huh, I got the impression that any Zombie could howl, Riley said in the hospital the first time she shot one with her bow before it could call for help. And the biscuit tin thing is the only way I've heard them do it.

[Wicked Sid]

I'm pretty sure all Smart Ones can howl, but not all Howlers are smart.

Just like all Howlers are zombies but not all zombies are howlers.

[Jordan531]

I guess I see it a bit differently. I don't see the "Smart Ones" howls as merely being calls for help, they're directing the rest where to go and what to do. Like I said like a sort of commander/coordinator. I guess there could be Regulars that can just call for help but I don't see it as the same thing.

[nikvoodoo]

I believe we have our first official artistic interpretation of what a behemoth looks like from the 25-2 Artwork:

WA_S3 Jan2 final.jpg

What say you? (Pardon the small, needs to be clicked nature of the image. I didn't want to link to the podcast homepage and have the image disappear in 5 days)

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

Nik!

I gotta confess, I didn't know what the hell that was in the picture. I never looked that hard at it, but now that you've posted it....it works for me. I'll buy that it can't climb because it can't reach its arms over its head.
I thought I'd go Behemoth hunting with the picture I had in my mind, but that thing there... nope. It looks dense. Now it makes sense why the arrow didn't penetrate the skull and why the .50 knocked it down with Saul's bad marksmanship and all the weaving and stuff.
I also dig how the head is sort of in the middle instead of sticking on top like ours do. F'n hard target to hit with all that mass surrounding it.

[Pickle72]

This my theory. We where attacked by someone or something(aliens, terrorist?). At the very beginning of the story when Michael is at class there was a huge explosion. Everyone went out to see what the hell happened. I think this explosion happened at ground zero in LA and there must of been others all over the world. What was released is unknown but I think it has to be a purpose built virus or a very freaky accident. Everyone around ground zero absorbed the virus and immediately changed into the first stage of "zombie" or just a plain old bitter. This virus will go into the DNA, RNA and unlock all or most of the mutations that the human body has learned to turn off over thousands of years of evolution. The stronger mutated zombies gain strength with time and the mutations have a longer time to develop, so stage two zombie. This zombie has regained some thought control, maybe has a purpose or agenda. The virus must also work with or compound physical and or mental traits of the host. Strong, muscle bounds might turn into behemoths. Maybe the Steroids compound its effect. I think its obvious that the "colored one" or "ink" is the psychopath who they heard about when they watched the news broadcast on the Tivo. Smart ones and crazy ones just get there smarts and crazies modified to the nth degree.
Once they got a good foot hold over there human predators they would have time to evolve farther, stage three zombie? Who knows what is in store for the survivors in the near future. It can't be good what ever it is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation
Reading the above link, makes it all seem so plausible. You just need the right switch.

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

This my theory. We where attacked by someone or something(aliens, terrorist?). At the very beginning of the story when Michael is at class there was a huge explosion. Everyone went out to see what the hell happened. I think this explosion happened at ground zero in LA and there must of been others all over the world. What was released is unknown but I think it has to be a purpose built virus or a very freaky accident. Everyone around ground zero absorbed the virus and immediately changed into the first stage of "zombie" or just a plain old bitter. This virus will go into the DNA, RNA and unlock all or most of the mutations that the human body has learned to turn off over thousands of years of evolution. The stronger mutated zombies gain strength with time and the mutations have a longer time to develop, so stage two zombie. This zombie has regained some thought control, maybe has a purpose or agenda. The virus must also work with or compound physical and or mental traits of the host. Strong, muscle bounds might turn into behemoths. Maybe the Steroids compound its effect. I think its obvious that the "colored one" or "ink" is the psychopath who they heard about when they watched the news broadcast on the Tivo. Smart ones and crazy ones just get there smarts and crazies modified to the nth degree.
Once they got a good foot hold over there human predators they would have time to evolve farther, stage three zombie? Who knows what is in store for the survivors in the near future. It can't be good what ever it is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation
Reading the above link, makes it all seem so plausible. You just need the right switch.

Not too bad a theory on how they came to look like they do. Almost like George R.R Martin's "Wild Cards" series.


Crowbar out!