I think the zombies in the Walking Dead, are of the kind that will keep on going like the Energizer Bunny until they’re so broken down, they can’t move anymore.

I’m curious about that girl with the zombies too. I was especially concerned by the fact that they didn’t seem to have anything covering their biting parts. If memory serves, I saw a JPEG of the comic, and the zombies in that one had something over their mouths.

Domesticated zombies… That was sort of what they were doing at the farm, right?

I think it’s obvious that there was some type of government experiment, or some such, that got everyone infected. What has me curious, is: What activates the zombie virus?

If everyone’s already infected, does zombie saliva activate the dormant virus?

P.s. avatar set a high standard for that whole face change thing !!!

If, for example, zombies require sustenance as a base need, which is why they eat, and their bodily functions still work (heart, lungs, bowels), what would logically happen is that there would be way too many of them and not enough to eat, so after eating most of the living they could get their hands on (including animals) they would eventually starve to death, and wither away and/or die from exposure or whatever, much like the Infected in 28 Days Later, which wouldn’t take very long… so even if a few remains, there wouldn’t be many. All they’d have to worry about are a bunch nasty shit/piss covered zombies in great need of a shower…or a square or two.

So, realistically I don’t think the characters of TWD should really be worried and all hopeless and shit, cause shitty/pissy zombies I think could be dealt with, gross as that may be. Just grab a bunch of canned food, some good winter coats and head way up north (where what zombies there’d be, would be frozen and immobile) and lessen the chances of being bitten… of course, a cure is still required in TWD plot, as all are infected, but once yer dead, unless zombies are somehow conscience in some way, who cares?

What’s got me curious now (I haven’t read the comics), is that individual at the end in silhouette with the two armless dudes in chains. Some have speculated the chained to be zombies but I have to wonder why they were so docile… armless or not, I think a zombie would still be all over that person? Has someone figured a way to domesticate some zombies? Already?… What’s the cronology of the show? It’s been, what, 3-4 months? Plus, what infected everyone, initially?…

Yeah, I can go along with the herding too. And had the same gradual acceptance as you.

And yes, you’re right — now that they’ve explained that everyone’s infected, that finally makes sense. Strange that the characters wouldn’t have realized this before now though, given everything they’ve seen in their travels. Does that mean Sophia could have died from hunger? I guess Rick was right after all to keep looking for her.