"What happens if YOU eat a zombie before they eat you?" Topic

Okay last Horror Question for the day, maybe

I guess it depends on the "type" of Zombie? From my lay understanding there are two types of Zombies, those caused by a chemical or biological outbreak be it airborne or caused by phyical contact. And those caused by intoduction of the virus by being bit by a Zombie.

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James Mattes

depends upon the specific sub type of zombieitus. Classicly the cotagion is mostly conmcentrated in saliva and nt blood. So in theory in classic romero genus zombies you 'might' be able to get away with it, however as the flesh is technically dead it would probably be like eating roadkill left in the sun for a while.

Might, being a small probability of not actually contacting the virus.

Needless to say I encourage any stupid people to try it out and report back to us.

i remember a short tale in the zombie anthology "book of the dead", were, due to shortage of food after the zombie apocalipse, some people eat zombie flesh, and discover that it work as an antidote, as some kind of vaccine against zombie virus

I think cooked first then maybe not, say grilled to 180 deg

Watch George Romero's "Survival of the Dead".

The virus, still gets you, just a bit more slowly.

Overcome by a huge desire to floss and have a breath mint.

Can you be convicted in a court of law for cannibalism if you eat a zombie?

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James Mattes

Do you gain the zombies memories and experiences?

If you eat a zombies brain are you by definition a zombie by default? What would the Supreme Court say?
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James Mattes

Depends on the process of 'zombification':
=> If of purely magical / sorcerous nature… I'm neither very familiar with, nor favorable to, this class of explanation, but I guess it's not contagious? But such zombies are *indeed* rotting, the risks of 'normal' intoxication are likely to be high.

=> If a very fresh corpse is somehow "stitched up", ± healed and 'reanimated' (probably for a very short time) à la Frankenstein, you can regale yourself without fear. (While not my favorite, I prefer this explanation to the previous one; re. a short story set early in Conan's life, and some enemies of Glen Cook's 'Dread Empire').

=> If drugged to apparent death, 'brainwashed' by the lack of oxygenation of the tissues and 'reanimated':
. – either by an antidote (re. 'Brotherhood of the Wolf – recommended- though in this case intellectual and physical abilities were unaffected),
. – or by an empirical, 18th C. Mesmer fashion, use of electricity,
then again zombie meat is perfectly edible.

=> If an infectious, contagious disease, then as the infectious agent moves down your alimentary canal, it's a 'race' between:
. – the digestion of the infectious agent by your enzymes,
. – the occurrence of a wound allowing infection.
A tiny mouth scratch would be fatal: a dentist killed his wife, who used to brush her teeth until her gums bleed, by adding botulinum toxin to her toothpaste!
A gastric ulcer would be a very serious hazard; while haemorrhoids would presence no risk.
Maybe eating such zombie flesh would turn you into a ghoul TMP link ?
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Do you gain the zombies memories and experiences?

Works between very primitive flatworms: demonstrated for higher forms of life?

And space marines

James said

Can you be convicted in a court of law for cannibalism if you eat a zombie?

not in England as there is no law against cannibalism there.

x42

James said

Can you be convicted in a court of law for cannibalism if you eat a zombie?
not in England as there is no law against cannibalism there.

x42

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maybe desecration of a corpse

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Michael

In England there is no way to cannibalise anyone without breaking some law but the charge isn't cannibalism. The food hygiene laws and laws regarding treatment of a corpse are such if you don't break one you'll break the other.

x42

Some raptors (birds of prey) have been found to carry the rabies virus after eating carrion infected with the rabies virus (rabies is not a pathogen in birds so they don't contract the illness). So…could a human eat a zombie infected with a zombie-inducing virus and only carry the virus in his own saliva? Would the virus survive the trip through the gastrointestinal tract of a human without causing zombiefication but be shed in the stool of the zombie-eater? Or is the zombie virus like the AIDS virus: it survives only a very short time in the environment and must be spread by direct means? Hmmmm.. I have no idea!

"Or is the zombie virus like the AIDS virus: it survives only a very short time in the environment and must be spread by direct means? Hmmmm.."

Depends on the movie/book. Most seem to be very direct like AIDS or rabies. Therefore the Zombie needs to bite to pass it on. However, I do remember 1 movie had the pathogen airborne after a body was burned.

OK for the Romero mythos. Anyone who dies comes back. Anyone who is bit, dies but just comes back quicker.

My guess is that it would eat it's way out. Pretty much a loose loose proposition. This of course is not based on any scientific facts….just what I've been told by someone that tried it.

However, I do remember 1 movie had the pathogen airborne after a body was burned.

Reminiscent of Carpenter's 'Ghosts of Mars', with the difference that in this film the 'agent' keeps its memories and personality and imposes them on the host. More similar to the so-called 'possession' in the [Rec] series.

Do you become the "top Gun" and every prairie punk zombie from miles around rides into town to take you on?

Anthropophagy dealing with zombies would be a case of necro-cannibalism and legal…plus all kinds of gross.

I suspect the patron would puke his or her guts out, fall quickly into cascading sepsis, and within short order…die.

Then I suspect become a zombie.

How about something a bit more fun?…like making a diptych by setting up swinging weighted traps with inward facing canvas…

It becomes recursive. You become a zom-zombie that only eats other zombies.

Mean heartburn ensues.