Slow moving Zombies are more realistic than fast moving zombies

These were the defnitions of "Fast moving" and "Slow moving" that my opponent accepted. If his case does not properly defend these examples of zombies, then he has failed to create a valid argument"using the film 28 Days Later is actually beneficial to my case, as the infected in that movie are speedy but die out nearly entirely after 4 weeks. "4 weeks is a wholly unrealistic period of decomposition. "A corpse can become a moving mass of maggots within 24 hours. "(1) In 4 weeks a corpse would be totally destroyed, but even 1 or 2 week old zombies are seen sprinting in 28 Days Later. Energy and Consumption"The zombies in World War Z avoided the infected humans not because of a repulsion to their flesh but because the virus knew they would make poor hosts. "Scenes show people being bitten by zombies and then instantly left alone (Zombies can discern a fatal virus and avoid them, bting them instantly infcts them with fatal virus, zombies leave them alone)Furthermore zombies are seen with speed faster than humans in World War Z and committing feats that would require bones Stronger than that of humans. See the following clip. This is all in relation to both my arguments on Energy, and also the strength of the body and decomposition. Furthermore, all traits of zombies who are freshly infected like my opponent suggests (Extreme aggression, inability to feel pain, hunger control) are indicitive of brain damage in the same areas of the brain that control coordination, and therefore zombies still could not run, or sprint. Furthermore, there is little chance a virus, bacteria, or other infection could possibly operate the human body with the efficieny that it does, especially since all zombie viruses must first kill the host, then reanimate. This lends its self to rapid decomposition and inability to gain energy. "My point in using the viral study was to demonstrate that viruses can turn one form on energy into another. "But there still must be a source of energy. The only energy humans are capable of converting is chemical via digestion. Therefore, zombies must eat for energy. Fast moving zombies must eat a whole lot, thus slowing the infection and lowering their ranks and decreasing their longevity, making them worse at creating a zombie apocalpyse and therefore less realistic. "The flesh/brains is their food. "This lowers the number of available hosts. Also, How do zombies decide who to eat and who to infect? Their brains clearly are not functioning at an intelligent level. "I could just as easily argue that faster zombies are then more realistic in colder parts of the world. "How cold? Because chill could easily freeze an already frigid corpse, thus restricting movement. Also, population density is lower in cold environments, thus restricting outbreak. "However, in almost every zombie case, it is documented that the decomposition process stops/slows somehow. In Max Brooks' The Zombie Survival Guide, this is attributed to the virus Solanum. Additionally, weather conditions are not the same everywhere. While some zombies may decompose faster, others will not. Zombies will also make new zombies by infecting other humans. "Your fatal flaw here is that Max Brooks writes about Slow Moving Zombies. Your point therefore stengthens only my argument. The books The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z (Remember the books, not the movies) both are written by Max Brooks and refer to zombies as shambling slow moving undead. "I have to disagree with this. Get one zombie into a crowded place, say an airport or a shopping mall, and the infection will spread like wildfire. In World War Z, seconds pass between bite and infection in most cases. A single, fast-moving zombie could be enough to infect dozens of people. Additionally, this is a concession on my opponent's part regarding the realism of fast-moving zombies. "First of all, this is in no way a concession to the realism of fast moving zombies. Even if Zombies did successfully infect a large number of people in one area it could never spread across the world if the only lasted for 5 or 6 days. If zombies decomposed past mobility in less than a week then the outbreak could be easily managed and contained. "I believe my opponent misunderstood my point. In humans it is a conscious decision to preserve energy efficiently by being sedentary. Zombies do not make this decision. They are sedentary because they have nothing to react to. Both fast and slow zombies are sedentary until alerted by something. Additionally (I use that word a lot, don't I? ), there are viral and bacterial infections that induce their hosts with large amounts of energy. (After all, the origin of doing something feverishly began somewhere). "The underlined portion is a random stab with little relevance. As far as the bolded portion, I ask, can you cite a source that suggest that there is a virus or bacterial infection that is capable of killing you and that gives you more energy. You might have a hard time finding one because there is none. No infection improves the human body, bacterial or viral, especially to the degree that the zombie virus does. The zombies in the WWZ movie are seen smashing in car windows with their heads, A normal human would have the bones smashed in the process. Totally unrealistic. "Alternatively, perhaps the virus/bacteria/magic/etc is capable of photosynthesis. Who knows? If it's a virus, it is unknown and unlike anything we presently know, and many zombies do take on a greenish tinge. The pathogen could also be capable of burning less important cells and other parts of the body to use chemical energy, much like how the human body burns fat first. "If you contend magic (Voodoo, necromancy) to be realistic then I can assume that I've won. Who knows indeed. But we can make predictions based on real infectious disease, furthermore, humans don't have plant cells (chlorophyll) that can photosynthesize. Furthermore, do you see any plants running, or even moving independantly very much? I don't think so. Photosynthesis does not provide nearly enough energy to locomote a human body. As far as self atrophy goes, there are two scenarios: A) There is enough fat to power locomotion through self-atrophy, but the Zombie still cannot run because it is fat as shi*t or B) There is very little fat and so the zombie must slowly shamble in order to preserve energy. "My opponent claimed that slower zombies were more efficient hunters. Actually a faster zombie is a more efficient hunter because it has a higher chance of catching something. "Horde hunting and outlast are how slow zombies catch their prey and Max Brooks (zombie expert) seems inclined to believe that it is a very efficient method of cathcing prey. "(I also note that, as magic was one of the options, I could sit here and spam magic over and over again. )"You can try to argue that magic is realistic. Go for it. Here's another video illustrating quite well some of my pointsVOTE PRO! !! Sources1. . http://answers.yahoo.com...;