Zombie from adaptive bacteria/parasites?
02-19-2011 @ 5:16AM EST
So on the way home we were arguing about how I could believe that zombies are a real possibility but how I don't see enough proof supporting global warming to cause any concern (also another topic for another thread, not up for debate when zombies are involved). So she asks me to give her some examples of how "the plague" will come to be... I give her some of my theories: mad scientist, government project, chemical warfare, pharmaceutical mishap, etc...
She asks me why I ruled out natural viruses/bacteria/parasites and I explained that if such a thing was present it would have showed itself already in some form or another. She goes on to explain that viruses and bacteria/parasites are the most adaptive organisms and that they might now have needed to adapt into that stage yet. So she's saying that if it were possible, she would assume that it would be caused through natural evolution. The virus/bacteria/parasites that require a living/nourished host and are dying as their host dies will evolve to the point in which it would reanimate the host, provide it the basic functions of nourishing itself, and continue living on inside the host.
So I stopped listening to her after she made this point so I don't know if she said more to support this theory or not but it does seem like a valid point. It would explain why the body is reanimated after death and why it would continue to feed and only feed.
Any comments to this? I doubt this theory has ever been depicted in any form of media as I would think that the zombie would be indifferent to whether it was eating another zombie or not. Then again, maybe the parasite requires live protein and cannot survive of decaying matter. So what do you think?
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