Something has been bothering me about the impending zombie apocalypse. It's the zombie's assumed team building skills. Every zombie movie ever made has been an 'us vs them' scenario. But is this realistic? I can understand the "undead" variety where they simply shamble around biting anything that doesn't smell dead. But what about the diseased kind from 28 Days later and Zombieland? Wouldn't they be just as likely to rip each other apart as a normal human? Them teaming up is the equivalent of dogs in the later stages of rabies forming a pack to go after healthy dogs. I just don't see a bunch of diseased types having the intellect or instinct to form harmonious packs of hunters when they can just as easily kill each other.
Taking a page from Max Brooks' book, if it's a viral outbreak, the virus' imperative is to spread itself to new hosts. Already infected creatures don't count.
Taking a page from Max Brooks' book, if it's a viral outbreak, the virus' imperative is to spread itself to new hosts. Already infected creatures don't count.
There's zero intelligence involved in the spread of a virus. A virus adapts to environmental conditions, there is no "imperative".
As long as people stayed out of the way the infected would attack each other. Thus we have very little to fear from so-called herds we see see in the movies and TV.
