Zombies A Hunters Guide by Paul Dossett

Author:Paul Dossett [Dossett, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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The smell of living prey triggers this type of

zombie’s famous “moan reflex.” Those unlucky

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enough to have heard the moan of a zombie

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wish only to forget the experience. Many

who have suffered from post-traumatic stress

disorder relating to zombies have reported that

it is the moan, more than anything else, that

haunts their waking dreams. Zombies create

this sound by pushing the excess gas generated

by the chemical reaction up through their

throats. The result is a dry, warbling groan that

can be heard from several rooms away.

At first examination, the moan might seem

a strange survival mechanism, as its only

function is to attract other zombies toward

food, thus forcing the original zombie to share.

However, on further study, the moan is seen as

a vital part of the zombie way of life (if you’ll

pardon the expression). Individual atomic

zombies are slow and awkward and only able

to catch the injured, frail, or particularly

stupid. It is only through gathering together

and attempting to surround prey that zombies

can truly hope to capture their meal. The

moan has such a powerful pull on zombies that

they will sometimes leave a fresh kill in order

to follow another moan.

The moan, then, becomes the vital tool in the gathering of a zombie horde.

In scientific communities, any group of ten or more zombies is technically considered a horde, but most zombie hunters use the term to mean a much larger gathering.

Otherwise, a horde is defined as any gathering of at least ten zombies where they are grouped closely enough that each member can hear the moan of at least three other members. When one zombie in a horde moans, the others will also, an effect that works like a lure to bring in zombies from all around. In cases of particularly large hordes, the cumulative sound of the moaning can reach painful volumes.

Even in a horde, atomic zombies are still mindless creatures. They do not employ any tactics per se. Surrounding their victims is only a happenstance of position and not a conceived plan. Despite this, a horde of zombies is extremely dangerous. Unlike their necromantic cousins, atomic zombies are incredibly strong. Since they feel no 13

Thanks to Prof R. Sullivan’s “Porcine Feed Experiments,” blood has been ruled out as a zombie attractor.

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