Having recently played a zombie survival game (Project Zomboid for any who are interested) in which you must search for food, shelter and most importantly a big piece of wood to cave in some zombie skulls. It has got me wondering about what would truly occur in a zombie apocalypse, would the zombies shuffle or run? Would there be a cure? And most importantly would the gun-nut weirdo who has their own personal armoury as well as zombie proof bunker with food for years to come truly survive or would they become zombie food in five minutes?I came across some answers in the most unlikely of places, a scientific research paper oddly enough. Written by David and Robert Madore they look at the behaviour of zombies as similar to gravity and molecular activity which can be modelled. Reading through the paper I was intrigued by the depth they had gone into to inform us of the risks of the zombie riddled future world, and how they supposedly 'hide' in buildings. As for my own zombie apocalypse survival method all I know is to stick clear of most zombie film stereotypes. 'Ooh that abandoned abattoir looks like an amazing place for me to camp overnight. All of you fellow survivors stay here whilst I check it's safe, what could go wrong?' A lot. A lot of things could go wrong is the answer to that question. Those kinds of characters sort of deserve what they have coming towards them like an unstoppable freight train. However, I believe I got slightly off topic there, if anyone would like to read the paper then you can find it at this site:
http://wezombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/57439058-The-Physics-of-Zombies-Madore%E2%80%99s-Rules-of-Zombie-Cohesion-Zombie-Cells-and-Super-Cells-Zombie-Black-Holes-Zombie-Cell-Stress-Fission-and-Zombie-Qui.pdf
To quote the Madores, "We must prepare".
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