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ZOMBIES

Fact or Fiction?A study by Luis Rivas and Julia Santos

PART ONEThe Science of Zombiism

What Is a Zombie?Dictionary definition:

A mindless, shambling corpse that hungers for human flesh.

Zombie Computers

• Hackers

• E-mail spambots

• Virulent

Star Wars Zombies

• Korriban

• Zelos II

• Geonosis

Gay Zombies

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Vegan Zombies

Zombie Pope

• One part undead and one part Holy Pontiff

• Patron saint of the undead

• About 40 in recorded history

Zombie Jesus

• He died for your sins, now he’s back for your brains!

• Notoriously difficult to put down

Scientific “Zombie”

• Physiologically-altered humans (or animals) through the means of…

Bacteria Parasites Neurotoxins Conditioning

Hydrogen sulfideChemical formula: H2S

• Hydrogen sulfide replaces oxygen in the body system

• Metabolism decreases

• Body temperature decreases

• Induced hypothermia

• The “golden” period

Hydrogen sulfide cont’d

• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

• ZOMBIE PIGS!

• February2010: ACTUAL CLINICAL TRIALS!

“Reanimation”

www.archive.org/details/Experime1940

Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940)

• Successful resuscitation of clinically dead organisms

• Heart: artificial blood circulation

• Lung: artificial blood and air circulation using bellows

• Head: autojektor– artificial heart-lung system

• Most dogs completely revived

The “Undead”

Viral Zombie(Hypothetical)

• Adaptive and aggressive virus (rabies, ebola, borna, measles, etc.)

…they can mutate into…

The Zombie Virus

Which is often referred to as:• Solanum• Tyrant (T/G) virus• H1Z1 virusIt is 100% communicable and 100% fatal. The virus works by traveling through the blood stream into the brain.

How the zombie virus works

• Virus works by traveling through the blood stream into the brain.

Three stages:1. Infection

2. Clinical “death”3. Reanimation

How the zombie virus works(in detail)

Hour 1: Pain and discoloration of infected area and immediate clotting of the wound

Hour 5: Fever (99-103 degrees Fahrenheit), chills, dementia, vomiting, acute pain in joints

Hour 8: Numbing of extremities and infected area, increased fever (103-106 degrees Fahrenheit), loss of muscular coordination

Hour 11: Paralysis in lower body, overall numbness, slowed heart rate

Hour 16: Coma

Hour 20: Heart stoppage followed by zero brain activity

Hour 23: Reanimation

Part TwoZombie Survival 101

“We can’t save the world, we can only prepare for the end.”

How to Recognize a Zombie

Ask yourself these questions:• Does it moan?• Does it shamble?• Does it attempt to devour

the living?

You must answer YES to all three.

BEWARE OF QUISLINGS!

Zombie Hunting EtiquetteHow to properly “kill” a zombie in 8 easy steps

1. Locate your target2. Run away if possible.3. Find suitable weapon.

Improvise!4. Approach zombie with

caution5. Attack! Always be the first

to strike.6. Prod.7. Dispose of the corpse.8. Cleanup. Hygiene first!

Planning for and Living in an Undead World

“There are only two kinds of people in the world: those who prepare for the zombie

apocalypse and those who don’t. We like to call the latter… dinner.”

The Zombie Apocalypseaka World War Z, the Zombie War, the Great Zombie War, the Lukewarm War, the

Day/Dawn/Night of the [Living] Dead

Stages of the Zombie Apocalypse28 minutes after patient zero reanimates:• Local police will be overwhelmed• No initial news report28 hours after the outbreak:• Nationwide panic• Religious vigilantism and mass panic • Quarantine of specific area(s)28 days later:• Uncontrolled violence • Looting 28 weeks after the catastrophe:• Few survivors will be scavenging28 months: • Crudely fortified walled towns • Improvised crude hand weapons28 years:• Middle Ages

Bugging In

Your checklist should include:

FoodWaterWeaponsBarricades and home security

Immediate Response

1. Lock all doors and close all ground floor windows2. Clog and turn on all bathtubs and sinks3. Locate weapons. Improvise!4. Stockpile in safest areas5. Demolish all staircases leading to upper floors6. Remain quiet and stay calm. Do not turn on lights and do not

use any telephones or other electronic devices that produce sound.

7. Figure out your likely escape routes if necessary8. Prepare for the worst9. Every man for herself!

Bugging Out