Can walkers swim???
Lily said that Kenny's idea to get into the boat is just a 'pipe' dream but I don't know if they can swim or not. 
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funny, when I have to admit to folks that I can't swim they always talk about how its natural to be able to swim. That the only reason people who never learned how to swim drown is because they panic.
Walkers don't seem like the panic type.You have to be aware of danger and your mortality to panic, things the walkers have no concern for.
the only natural thing humans do when in water is hold there breath, but think about the way a zombie moves on land, could that ever translate into swimming, what style of swimming do we expect the zombies to do? breaststroke, backstroke, doggy paddle?
i don't think they could do anything other than just thrash about a bit
Never thought of that
Clementine could take over the ship and be called captain clementine
is there anywhere that you can protect from thousands of zombies?
but i agree pirates would be a danger
First, as their is no real such thing as zombies, any speculation is based on personal belief but you can look at it from a "what if" perspective.
What if zombies were real and how they are 'alive'.. The basic natural motor functions such as to feed, walking as we know is learned but becomes natural.
I dont think Zombies could swim as it's a learned skill and needs to be conciously thought of to do. I would say the best a zombie could do is float or perhaps walk on the bottom of the ocean/lake etc.
Makes ya wonder about feeding too.. we know is a natural function, but why do zombies need to feed on the living, they dont 'need' to eat to survive as they're already dead. they dont gain nourishment from it.. I think it's just to add to the horror of a fictional monster!
like it was said in another thread, they act like a virus, so feeding is not feeding its spreading/replicating
then why not just a bite? why do they eat their victems?
to kill them quicker maybe, maybe its is the virus's way of taking over the brain and it uses the eat instinct to spread
I still just think it's a way to add to the horror of the creatures, making them more dangerouse and have a purpose.
If zombies just wandered the earth and were no threat, then so what. We could just shoot them and would be over. They have to have something like feeding to make them a real threat.
Of course we could say the same thing about Vampires.. They are already dead, so why drink blood? What do they get from it? Maybe is just to satisfy a hunger.. They wouldnt die of starvation, just constanty be starved if they had nothing to feed upon.
Again, just another way to add to the horror of a fictional monster.
Another thought.. I will not use the "R" word, but anyone could create a zombie or vampire story where it's not about feeding, but mating to spread the diseases. Just that would be much harder for movie makers to produce a movie where the monsters forcibly "mate" with the living to spread the virus.
well if you think of fictional monsters like that, everything about them it just to add to the horror, but that is sort of dismissing all fiction as just ways to make you feel a certain way.
but a "R" monster would be scary, a bit like alien in a way
All that decomposition might give them an advantage in staying afloat.
yeah, normal people blow up like a balloon if they decompose in the water, so zombies would at least get a bit of gas build up
I dont know about that but it would be funny to see there head explode though
In all seriousness though, nah, I hope not and don't believe they can, at least not to the point that they would actually pose a threat.
but they would be even less of a threat, night watch would still be necessary but the danger would be minimal
i wouldn't count floating as swimming
Chances are pretty low.
Right. Go back and read my original post because I really hate repeating myself.
i was just being more specific, so the answer is no
Noooo.... that's rabies.
i didn't know that, but if it is a symptom for rabies it may be a symptom for zombies
The biggest chance for survival are joining huge groups and societies such as Woodbury, Negan, Alexandria and so on.
Read WWZ.
However, I don't think the boat will be too much of a hinderance for them. I'm sure they will get there somehow... by wading at the bottom of the river / sea or something?
Besides, they'll be trapped on the boat and their supplies of medicine and fresh water will eventually dwindle and run out. And how about gas for their boat?
It'll be suicide in there. At least on land, you can outrun them. No chance of that on water.
At least in my opinion.
They'd do both.
Given time in the water and gases from decomposition, the zombies would bloat and float.
Reminds me of the floater in the well at Hershel's farm. *shudders*
oh, so dos that have zombie facts in it
Although whatever they spread through bites (lethal diseases at the very least), has probably spread into the water surrounding them. So unless you make sure to keep the boat at an easily safe distance, you're at a bit less of an advantage than you thought.