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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
I think the fast zombies are just psychopaths pretending to be zombies. Or possibly other survivors who think the real zombies will be fooled by their behaviour.
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This brings up an interesting point of discussion. Is it possible to avoid detection from Zombies by mimicking their movements? The undead often move in groups (an interesting characteristic in its own right) and it has been theorized that a live human could potentially get lost in this crowd. By utilizing unsteady, shambling movements and emitting a low groan, an uninfected human might hope to be mistaken for just another Zombie.
Many that study the unique physiology of the Zombie are convinced that any such ploy is at best hopeless and at worst just plain suicidal. These researchers point to the enhanced senses of the Zombie. They claim the Zombie is much less reliant on sight, and some believe that the Zombie utilizes its sense of smell much like a bear or a wolf.
Still, avoiding detection in this method remains an interesting consideration. I have spoken to one scientist that hopes to smear the ooze of a Zombie on a living human in order to mask the living scent, and then send the dead-smelling but still living individual into a mass of the undead. Unfortunately, he states that finding willing test subjects has been somewhat difficult.