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[GREYxDUZxKRUSH]

Not to stick on the eating people thing but the further this little ZA goes there are less living. Which means eating people would be less and less viable way to survive as time went on. The virus doesnt effect animals. Hunting animals would easier too. Considering nature is gonna take over once human domains. Rat sandwich anyone.

[Mornai]

Originally Posted by GREYxDUZxKRUSH

Not to stick on the eating people thing but the further this little ZA goes there are less living. Which means eating people would be less and less viable way to survive as time went on. The virus doesnt effect animals. Hunting animals would easier too. Considering nature is gonna take over once human domains. Rat sandwich anyone.

Hunting would become less viable as time went on as well, since it shows that the walkers eat animals as well as humans. The more humans that die, the more walkers arise, the less game there is. 3 months into the apocalypse the group is already struggling to find food to hunt, so with potentially millions of zombies roaming the forests it's probably the same anywhere near cities.

[Rommel49]

Originally Posted by Mornai

Hunting would become less viable as time went on as well, since it shows that the walkers eat animals as well as humans. The more humans that die, the more walkers arise, the less game there is. 3 months into the apocalypse the group is already struggling to find food to hunt, so with potentially millions of zombies roaming the forests it's probably the same anywhere near cities.

Well, yes and no. It depends on the animals, etc. I'd actually expect wild animal populations to increase as time went on.

Animals like the American Alligator (formerly on the endagered species list) are a very good example of the fact that humanity didn't drive animals to the brink of extinction (or beyond it) by chasing after them and biting them. We used tools.

Considering that walkers also won't differentiate between dangerous predators and prey, their numbers should be reduced by those predators. Since animals like rabbits or deer can outrun people, I don't see walkers having better luck. By contrast, animals like bears probably won't retreat... and considering bears are on record as crushing the skulls of 400 lbs. lions and breaking the necks of full-grown bulls with single swipes, a bear wouldn't really need to retreat unless it's up against a herd.

[Mark$man]

Originally Posted by Rommel49

Well, yes and no. It depends on the animals, etc. I'd actually expect wild animal populations to increase as time went on.

Animals like the American Alligator (formerly on the endagered species list) are a very good example of the fact that humanity didn't drive animals to the brink of extinction (or beyond it) by chasing after them and biting them. We used tools.

Considering that walkers also won't differentiate between dangerous predators and prey, their numbers should be reduced by those predators. Since animals like rabbits or deer can outrun people, I don't see walkers having better luck. By contrast, animals like bears probably won't retreat... and considering bears are on record as crushing the skulls of 400 lbs. lions and breaking the necks of full-grown bulls with single swipes, a bear wouldn't really need to retreat unless it's up against a herd.

However, walker meat is tainted meat, so any animal that eats it would die. Right? And outrunning walkers only work until they surround the prey or they run out of energy.

[Kaserkin]

You must be kidding, right? Animals won't get extinct because of zombies.
1st, zombies mostly stay in large cities. Moving herds are a rare phenomenon.
2nd, zombies don't "reproduce". Sure, people die, but after afew years they'll rot until they become dust.

[anonymau5]

Originally Posted by Kaserkin

You must be kidding, right? Animals won't get extinct because of zombies.
1st, zombies mostly stay in large cities. Moving herds are a rare phenomenon.
2nd, zombies don't "reproduce". Sure, people die, but after afew years they'll rot until they become dust.

Especially if you consider that they move around a lot, making it even more likely that their limbs fall off and things

[Mark$man]

I think animals could easily become extinct, if not endangered, by the walkers. Walkers last for years at a time(and who really knows when they'll die).

[Kaserkin]

They're just walking corpses. They'll rot faster than the average since they move around and they are exposed to the weather.

[Mark$man]

You forget this is fan fiction. Walkers have lasted for many months, and in the comics, over a year now.

[Rommel49]

Originally Posted by Mark$man

However, walker meat is tainted meat, so any animal that eats it would die. Right? And outrunning walkers only work until they surround the prey or they run out of energy.

Going by the evidence, animals aren't affected. The fact that animals don't turn upon death is a pretty good reason to think it's unlikely they'd die from consuming dead walkers.

Outrunning walkers isn't that hard due to how slowly they move. We've seen that people can do it, and considering that deer (for example) have a top speed of over 30 MPH the undead's chances are no better there. An animal's likely not going to obligingly travel in a straight line that can be easily followed and it's not going to take that animal all that long to get out of the line of sight.

The creatures that can pull off persistence hunting need to actually be fast enough to keep up with their prey. So for walkers, that basically leaves sloths and tortoises.

[Mark$man]

No, because being bitten still kills them. Yeah, a deer can run fast, but for how long? The dead don't get tired, they'll keep coming. And if it gets surrounded? What if it's already injured? Where would it go to escape a horde? Where will it find food?

Walkers seem fairly quiet, I've seen them sneak up on animals and humans alike. Like wtf? Where'd you come from? The walkers have caught rabbits and deer before.

[Mark$man]

And tainted meat is tainted meat. If you eat disease-ridden meat, you still get sick/poisoned

[Mornai]

Originally Posted by Mark$man

You forget this is fan fiction. Walkers have lasted for many months, and in the comics, over a year now.

I think it was actually 2 years, or maybe I'm just remembering it wrong. Either way, if we also go on the assumption that nearly the entire human race has become walkers, we're talking 6 billion corpses against the wild kingdom. That is certainly a scenario where strength in numbers truly matters. Animals must sleep, and the dead never rest... it's a war of attrition.

[Mark$man]

yep, exactly.

[GREYxDUZxKRUSH]

I say bullshit to anyone who says walkers are gonna kill all the wildlife. Animals have been running from predators as long as animals have been on earth. Maybe some die off but others will flurish. All types of rodents have high birth rates. Rats raccoons rabbits birds possem squrill. They use trees and holes to evade predators. Walkers couldnt possibly stop this. Quiet and highly skidish evasive animals such as these would populate the earth. So what a herd is going at 5mph. Have YOU ever tried chasing a rabbit damn near impossible. Its the whole reason nature has chosen to give these animals big litters 3 die so 7 can live. Yea walkesr might kill some but extint them no way

[Rock114]

animals won't likely be going extinct. turtles, maybe, but they can always hide in their shells. animals will do just fine, perhaps even thrive so long as the walkers dont learn how to use guns.

[Mark$man]

I doubt it. Food sources diminish as walkers kill off animals and other humans, and slowly die. Humans also eat the food the animals do, so it becomes a constant struggle. The animals can't eat the walkers, if they do they will die. They can't outrun them, for eventually an animal gets tired or sleeps. Walkers don't sleep, nor get hungry, nor get tired. They will continue to eat everything in their sight. All animals have to go out for food, and if they can't find food, how can they survive? I didn't say they'd become extinct, but I'd say endangered, and it could be possible they'd die out. A herd goes I'd say... 1 mph? But they never stop moving. And they can travel from 1 to thousands. You ever been to a flee market? You try to outmaneuver that crowd. I think they'd give the wild a force to reckon with.

[CarScar]

Originally Posted by Mark$man

Hahaha, where was Robin when you needed him? xD

"Hey, Lee. I found this piece of an ear and a pool of blood over by the gate!"
"I, uh... What? Really?"
"Totally!"

Duck thinks you're extremely cannibalistic.

[Mark$man]

^I think you have the wrong setting there xD

[amigosolitario]

Yo le dispare a los zombies no me importo las opciones, trate de salvarla lo peor que un humano racional puede hacer es ignorar una señal de verdadera necesidad, los suministros se obtienen de un lado o de otro no es la única tienda del maldito pueblo, si me hubieran venido encima a correr por eso hago ejercicio 365 días del año, además hubiera dejado el grupo desde cuando llevándome a la niña tal vez me hubiera topado con la chica y seria otro final distinto. A que no lo pensaron de ese modo.