Assuming zombies, in this instance, are the types that are biologically still alive, how much damage could they endure before it would eventually overcome them?
By this I mean that typically you see zombies that are missing large portions of their bodies or have their organs falling out or parts of their body missing up to the bones so would a "living" zombie that was incapable of self-preservation be able to last any real length of time in such a state?
Define real length of time. If you want living infected zombies i would just go with PcP endurance.
>>47240145
>the types that are biologically still alive
So, 28 Days Later rage-zombies?
Well, let's look at a real-world condition called Congenital Analgesia; basically, some people are born without the ability to feel pain. Sounds like a super-power, right?
Those people basically never make it to 30 and have to be watched constantly as kids because their bones get fucked up pretty fast, they never learn to, like, NOT put their hands on hot things etc. They don't roll over in their sleep, which is more important than it sounds. I think your zombies would be in a similar position. They're going to not realise that they're fucking themselves up by, say, running through shitty terrain and fucking up their legs and ankles. And you can bleed to death from a broken leg pretty easy, so, you know, that sucks.
>>47242413
That and they'd tear through their own ligaments and tendons pretty quickly since they don't feel the pain of muscle strain telling them to stop putting all of their strength into something. One might be able to tear a door down with his bear hands, but he'll break his arms to uselessness doing it.
>>47242413
>They don't roll over in their sleep, which is more important than it sounds.
Is it biology time? I like learning.
>>47242469
>bear hands
Woops. Meant bare hands.
>>47242472
Basically, being in one position for a long time means you're putting all of your weight on, say, one set of your joints but not the other. So most people roll and change position unconsciously in their sleep because the brain gets a minor pain signal (not enough to wake you) and makes you roll on to the other side, so one side isn't getting all your weight all the time.
People with congenital analgesia go to sleep in one position and just stay there.
>>47242532
That's assuming that whatever the hell zombies in this scenario even need sleep though.
>>47242573
Oh, I'm not saying they do, I was just answering an anon who was querying why rolling over in your sleep is important.
That said, if your zombie's default mode is "stand their groaning" until it sees a human and MURDER MODE ENGAGE, if a long time goes between human sightings then yeah, their joints get fucked up because being in one position for a long time sucks, especially when it's a position that puts weight on your joints. This is why "stress positions" are a torture/punishment technique.
>>47240145
Honestly, if zombies are still biologically alive, then the zombiepocalypse isn't an issue.
We have biological and chemical weapons that would be deployed by most governments. Yes, you'd have an apocalyptic loss of population, depending on how many civilians are caught up as collateral damage, but there wouldn't be any 'zombies' left to be an issue.
Or rather, if they're still biologically functional, they die of bloodloss easily enough. Even losing a limb would sever enough blood vessels that you're not gonna see many zombies with gross physical harm.
And that's assuming exposure, poor hygiene, and minor wounds getting infected don't kill 'em off.
>>47242413
Some lines of razorwire would fuck them up something fierce. Running through something chewing through skin and muscle with tard-strength and the inability to feel or react to pain. Real high quality caltrops as well. Fuck, just broken glass. With only mindless rage they wouldn't really be able to stop and treat their wounds, and be septic and dead of infection in days assuming they don't bleed to death or wear out their tendons. Of course, if there's a press of bodies then they could clog up the wire.
Still, I assume they'd have to eat and drink, though. 28 Days Later is a GENEROUS estimate considering that humans will die, on average, in three days without water, eleven days without sleep, and twenty-one without food.
Still, that'd be pretty fucked up. A few days to a week of body horror and terror followed by a whole lot of dead and contorted, torn up bodies in the street.
>>47243410
It also depends on how infectious they (and their fluids) are.
Imagine if the zombie doesn't need to BITE to infect you - just get their fluids on you. Think how the rage virus in 28 Days Later spreads from blood spatter. Then running through barbed wire, broken glass, actually helps the infection (not the individual carrier of course) by maximising dispersal of their infectious vector.
>>47240145
Since they lack survival instincts and most higher mental functions, they're going to be a local threat for a couple of days then die from thirst, other than however many of them CDC rounds up for research purposes.
>>47242469
>>47242492
>Bear-human hybrid zombies
>>47243459
Yeah, it spread through blood spatter, but it needed an open wound or contact with a mucous membrane to affect you.
It was still bullshit science, as it acted with a speed more akin to a chemical agent than..y'know, a virus that actually needs to replicate to infect more than a few initial cells.
>>47243817
This is why most 'realistic' depictions of a zombie apocalypse involve a virus spread by terrorists, contaminated bullshit, or the nwo that has a long onset time and infectious period so it has time to spread and infect a majority of the population before they go zombie.
People are too genre-savvy for a 'standard' zombie apocalypse to come off.
That depends on the setting
>>47242472
When you remain motionless for long periods of time pressure sores occur due to limited blood flow and nutrients to pressuried area. After 2 hours tissue starts dying and process can develop into very nasty ulcers. They are easily infected and heal slowly. Naturally we move while sitting or sleeping because we feel discomfort. Person who can't feel pain won't do that and will suffer from sores and necrosis.
Be cautious if you have old or immobilizied parents, they may have pressure sores too.
>>47240145
Living zombies will die within a week from dehydration.
