Rebecka Gilliam Professor Paul Stark Hum 2020 December 3, 2013 Can a Zombie Have Memories? How do you classify a zombie? Are they just undead, can they be more? Zombies have the following basic characteristics: undead, brainless, and an unsaturated desire to eat human flesh. Slowly, our society is changing the basic zombie, they still want to consume us, however they are gaining intelligence, thoughts and possibly holding on to memories.
From 1968 onward, zombies would grow exponentially in number creating a mass army of the living dead. How did this spread of the zombie disease occur? A person would transform into a zombie if infected with a simple bite of a zombie. The bite would not cause an immediate change but once infected the victim would eventually die from a mysterious sickness and join the ranks of the walking dead. This did not occur with voodoo zombies but only the grave-rising or virus-infected zombies.
We are drawn to things that we do not fully understand, and when something is altered there is always an element of the unknown present. Not only do zombies bring about a physical transformation, but they also alter society with their presence. One way that the undead represent change is through the human body being altered, violently at times. Obviously we are used to people being alive around us, and we are also accustomed to them not trying to devour us. Zombies, or whatever turns regular human beings into zombies, change that drastically.
In the event of a zombie pandemic the only sure thing is multitudes of deaths, confusion, and probable anarchy. Even though the popular zombie archetypes probably fictional creatures and some say due to that fact it’s unnecessary to prepare for them, I would offer the idea that it would be better to be prepared for a possible fictional zombie apocalypse rather than ignore potential danger to ourselves and loved ones. As the Boy Scout motto goes, “Always be prepared.” Considering the fact that there are a number of diseases and man-made substances which closely resembles the results of the zombie pandemic on the human body I would say that it’s quite possible that there is potential for the eventual tragedy. For example there’s the situation that took place recently in Florida involving a man behaving erratically, running around naked under the haze of delusions and anxiety leading him to attack and eat another man’s face. This event was attributed to the use of a synthetic drug one of which is increasingly used around the United States.
When it comes to the outbreak of zombie attacks, science won’t always have the answer. This research will cover the creation of these monsters; the life span they have, the food they eat, the way they act, the environment they can live in, the do’s and don’ts to follow when they are around, and finally the correct way to kill them. Those zombies won’t be able to know what hit
It’s called “Mad Cow” because of the strange way the cattle act that are infected with the disease. Mad Cow Disease is a fatal neurodegenerative disease in cattle that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and spinal cord. Mad cow disease is caused by an abnormal infectious protein called a preeon. The preeon was discovered by American neurologist Stanley B. Prusiner. Prions are a mutated form of a normal protein.
Natasha Johnson Eng. 101 T-Th 12:30-1:45 Brains: To Eat or Not to Eat : A Comparison of Early Zombie Films to the Walking Dead Fast zombies, slow zombies, Haitian zombies, Riot Zombies, Flesh Eating zombies, Intelligent zombies, dumb zombies…..what do these all have in common might you ask? They all originated from the same basic origin: Fear of the dead rising back to life and overtaking our society as we now know it. For some reason the thought of our deceased loved ones coming back to life and preying on our brains strikes fear into the hearts of the living. Within the confinement of these pages I will illustrate what a “zombie” film should and should not entail, and how far the image of the zombie has progressed into our modern day visage of the term.
ZOMBIE: The cultural phenomenon So what is this cultural phenomenon with Zombies anyway? We know the film industry is teaming with these films, but it also goes beyond that to overtake us in literature and television. We constantly find ourselves drawn to these types of fiction or entertainment in growing numbers. Every person on earth that I do not personably know, or that you don’t know, will be a Zombie when we run out of food and water. The cultural zombie phenomenon is caused by the human preservation instinct, this instinct or knowledge that humanity has already condemned us to extinction.
5) Botulism can also be contracted through an open wound. This type of botulism is wound botulism and it is one of the three main types of botulism. In food-borne botulism: Types of home-canned foods provide a perfect condition for the bacteria to grow. If botulism is not treated, it will eventually lead to respiratory problems, paralysis and death. If diagnosed early, botulism can be treated with an antitoxin.
The most significant mode of vector-borne disease transmission is by biological transmission by blood-feeding arthropods. Protozoans include a large number of pathogenic parasitic species, which infect a wide range of hosts including humans (Martin, et al., 2012). Protozoa are single-celled eukaryotic organisms, which display characteristics associated with animals, most common being mobility and heterotrophy. The protozoans are a very diverse group. A common basis for dividing the protozoans is locomotion.