2. Know Your Zombies
Like with most things there are different types of Zombie. As we haven't been face to face with any as of yet it's safe to assume that any of the weird shit you've seen on TV or in a video game could actually be true. However, tradition dictates a certain type of Zombie - at least in the first instance. Who knows if they can evolve or adapt over time? Here's what we do know: 1. Zombies can be both the reanimated corpses of the already dead OR any living thing that has been bitten and thus transformed. 2. Zombies are slow. Any notion that they may be able to run should be disregarded. Sure, if you've just been turned then you may have use of your full leg muscles a while but rigor mortis reaches maximum stiffness after 12 hours, so beyond that we should assume the creature cannot run. 3. The brain of a Zombie is not entirely dead. It continues to operate at 0.5%. No Zombie will ever win a pub quiz then - but they are brighter than most of the people who go on Jeremy Kyle's TV show. 4. The primary weapons of a Zombie are it's hands/claws and it's teeth. You're not likely to change sides if you get scratched but a bite will damn sure bring about a sudden case of death. Well, more like a slow agonising case actually. 5. The original cause of a Zombie plague grossly affects how us humans can be turned. For example, if the cause is airborne then you might become a Zombie just by breathing. Likewise the original Zombies may just be reanimated corpses and you could be turned by a bite - the transference of saliva which carries a parasite etc. Or in some cases you may already be carrying whatever it is that turns you (like in The Walking Dead) and when you die you will become a member of the undead without ever coming into contact with one. Let's just hope that if/when Zombies walk the Earth the only way for you to be turned is by a bite. At least that gives you more of a fighting chance at survival.