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Question tht has been bothering me and probably others

tigerwolflovertigerwolflover
edited November 2012 in The Walking Dead
:confused:ok so i know tht all humans have the virus in their brains. but wht about animals! i mean... sence they were alive wouldnt they have the virus as well? because you NEVER see animal walkers and it makes no sense to me.

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  • TheNNerdGamerTheNNerdGamer
    edited November 2012
    tigerwolflover wrote: »
    :confused:ok so i know tht all humans have the virus in their brains. but wht about animals! i mean... sence they were alive wouldnt they have the virus as well? because you NEVER see animal walkers and it makes no sense to me.

    cause most animals are dead like floor dead
  • ViserViser
    edited November 2012
    tigerwolflover wrote: »
    :confused:ok so i know tht all humans have the virus in their brains. but wht about animals! i mean... sence they were alive wouldnt they have the virus as well? because you NEVER see animal walkers and it makes no sense to me.

    Following Kirkman's version of zombies (or Romero's, I don't know, please correct me if I'm wrong) animals are not affected by the virus or whatever causes it. When they die, they stay dead.
  • ProfanityProfanity Banned
    edited November 2012
    I think the animals are unaffected, simply because we haven't seen a single zombie animal. There are sheeeeetloads of animals everywhere and a lot of them die every day, if this affected animals, I'm sure we would've seen at least one zombified pet by now.

    And we don't really much know about the virus and which areas of the brain (or whatever else) does it affect. All we know is that it's largely spread trough no significant contact, so most likely it's airborne or... maybe waterborne.
  • ironpervhunterironpervhunter Banned
    edited November 2012
    if there were zombie dogs and birds and animals people would start moaning that its COPYING RESIDENT EVIL OMG CANT TELLTALE LIKE GET THERE OWN IDEAS AND RANT RANT RANT then wel say but they are not copying then the fanboys will say EHRMEGERD GO BACK TO FUCKING COD AND FUCKING HALO YOU FUCKING FUCK FUCK SHIT PISS BITCH BOLLOCK CAPTAIN CLUSTER WHOLEMEAL MUSTARD DUCK
  • MilosuperspeshMilosuperspesh
    edited November 2012
    ironpervhunter wrote: »
    EHRMEGERD GO BACK TO FUCKING COD AND FUCKING HALO YOU FUCKING FUCK FUCK SHIT PISS BITCH BOLLOCK CAPTAIN CLUSTER WHOLEMEAL MUSTARD DUCK

    not sure if that was really necessary ;)
  • ironpervhunterironpervhunter Banned
    edited November 2012
    Milosuperspesh wrote: »
    not sure if that was really necessary ;)

    trust me it was :cool:
  • KingOfTheDeadKingOfTheDead
    edited November 2012
    I heard this joke what if zombies became zombies it woud become the Milking Dead
  • dustpuffsdustpuffs
    edited November 2012
    Well, there are plenty of diseases that don't transfer between animals and humans already, so I don't find it surprising that it doesn't happen in TWD universe.
  • Rock114Rock114
    edited November 2012
    Bites will probably kill animals, but Kirkman stated that only humans become walkers in his universe.
  • aperoseaperose
    edited November 2012
    I think we can assume no zombie animals because of the group hunting birds and rabbits in ep 2. This virus only affects the human brain it looks like.
  • KingOfTheDeadKingOfTheDead
    edited November 2012
    plus zombie animals would destroy are group. like zombie wolfs and stuff
  • MilosuperspeshMilosuperspesh
    edited November 2012
    moons up

    :rolleyes:
  • KingOfTheDeadKingOfTheDead
    edited November 2012
    i would sh*t bricks if i seen a wolf in the game.
  • MalphaxisMalphaxis
    edited November 2012
    So only humans, no chimps, bonobos or any other member of the hominidae?
  • KingOfTheDeadKingOfTheDead
    edited November 2012
    Malphaxis wrote: »
    So only humans, no chimps, bonobos or any other member of the hominidae?

    Nope only human beings
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited November 2012
    If you catch a cold.. you can cough in your dogs face all day long.. and the only thing that will happen is your dog will think you're an asshole and probably poop on your pillow.

    I am guessing this is one of those things like that do not infect animals like it does humans.
  • HiggsBoson2142HiggsBoson2142
    edited November 2012
    Are you saying my dog can get smallpox? No, he can't.
  • SergiySergiy
    edited November 2012
    Actually I'm pretty sure animals DO turn.
    I got no idea how it works but I recall:

    [Comic book spoilers]
    One of the twins killing cats and thinking it's okay cause they come back anyway
    [End spoilers]
  • rachellouise85rachellouise85
    edited November 2012
    Sergiy wrote: »
    Actually I'm pretty sure animals DO turn.
    I got no idea how it works but I recall:

    [Comic book spoilers]
    One of the twins killing cats and thinking it's okay cause they come back anyway
    [End spoilers]

    nah,
    that's his brother he kills with that reasoning
  • SergiySergiy
    edited November 2012
    rachellouise85 wrote: »
    nah,
    that's his brother he kills with that reasoning
    Yeah, but it's cats JUST prior to that
  • rachellouise85rachellouise85
    edited November 2012
    It may have been a cat, but he doesn't use that reasoning then. Which was my point.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited November 2012
    And he was a kid and didnt know what he was talking about or doing either time...
  • BlankCanvasDJBlankCanvasDJ
    edited November 2012
    I'm pretty sure that Kirkman has confirmed that animals definitely do not ever turn. Besides, the comic is on issue 100-something. If there were zombie animals, we'd have seen them by now.

    Personally, I think there are actually two separate viruses at play here. One is the fatal virus that gets passed on through a walker bite - that might effect animals. The other is the one that all humans have that turns them into walkers at death - that definitely does not effect animals. There's really no reason to assume that the thing in the walker bite that kills you is the same thing that brings you back after you die.
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited November 2012
    Rick's horse doesn't turn in the books. Later on in the books you can also see walkers eating a deer in the woods and it doesn't seem to come back. The infection/virus/whatever/thing that brings you back seems limited to humans.
  • CooperalCooperal
    edited November 2012
    If other zombie animals exist they'd probably have all the same incpacities that human walkers have. Like being sluggish. Although there would a far bigger number issue, smaller creatures like rats could be hard to miss, bigger creatures like cows would be overwhelming by simple weight unless handled very quickly.

    Only one difference I can see between Romero and TWD zombies with regards to animals. Romero zombies outright ignore other creatures like they're invisible. TWD walkers still chase animals for their meat. Fortunately, even if animals could turn, they all appear to be too far devoured before that can happen.

    The EP4 scene where you dig up the dog was comical in a sense. If animals can't turn, then the only tension would've stemmed from being "ew gross". After 3 months the survivors were still unsure. The whatever infected everyone may not even be in the air/water/whatever anymore and the dog may very well have been buried before the ZA.

    If Kirkman intentionally left the possibility of zombie animals ambiguous, he's left it far too late to confirm them now.
  • JokiemanJokieman
    edited November 2012
    Viser wrote: »
    Following Kirkman's version of zombies (or Romero's, I don't know, please correct me if I'm wrong) animals are not affected by the virus or whatever causes it. When they die, they stay dead.

    The Cow that the zombie was munching on in the television show, right before Dale was killed. Hadn't it turned?
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