In most zombie apocalypse scenarios , only world are win over into the shambling undead . And according to one naturalist , that ’s why zombie takeover are doomed to give out . In the warfare between zombies and nature , nature would win .
Over at Boing Boing , there ’s a superbly rummy and illuminating essay by National Wildlife Federation naturalistDavid Mizejewskion all the ways that wildlife would reduce a zombie penetration to piles of bones . Everything from carrion birds , who corrode molder shape , to bears , wild hombre , and even mountain goats would take those obtuse , slow zombi out .
Here ’s a corking routine on how Felis onca would run zombies :
Even big and more powerful than mountain lions are jaguars , which range through Mexico and arestill sometimes foundin the desert southwest of the United States . panther also hound by stealth , and have a special proficiency to quickly dispatch their prey : a skull crush snack to the head , present with their huge canine tooth . A Felis onca bite deliver 2,000 pounds of pressure sensation per inch , the most powerful mammalian bite on the continent . That , combined with a killing technique perfect for dispatching zombies , makes the jaguar its natural predator .
see this television of a jaguar draw poor workplace of a cayman . A zombie would n’t stand a fortune against these big cats .
And if animals did n’t get them , the bugs would . Writes Mizejewski :
Ultimately , it ’s not the North America ’s mega - beast that pose the most threat to zombies . In nature , there are a whole host of tiny creature whose chief purpose is to give upon and soften down the flesh of the stagnant : the decomposers . Zombies , with their rotting figure , are obviously not resistant to these decomposers ( what do you think stimulate the rot effect ? ) , many of which are too little to see with the mere oculus . bacterium , fungi , molds , insects such as fly maggot or soma - eating mallet , and other invertebrate , all make up nature’sdiminutive clean - up crew . And it can obliterate a numb body in surprisingly little time . The clumsy undead would n’t have the dexterity to pick off these decomposers , even if they could see or feel them . It would just be a matter of clip . denudate off all soft tissue , include brains , the zombie spirit would be reduced to hollow out - out skeleton .
Not confident ? Check out this video of a hare being consumed down to the bone , by wildlife decomposers , in just a workweek .
Read the rest of this unbelievable essay , which will make you palpate safer from snake god — and less safe from everything else — over at Boing Boing .
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