Zombie: Identification and Classification

By Layne Lowder

Intent for this lesson

Identify the different types of Zombies

Possible causes of different Zombification

Best attack target for each type

Walker/MoanerCharacteristics and cause

• Slow, shuffling gate

• Moaning sounds

• “Biblical” event/ bio-terrorism

Walker/MoanerDefensive Tactics

• Obvious head shot

• Torso shot

• Pelvic shot

Runner/RagerCharacteristics and cause

• Aggressive feral like

• Snarls or panting

• Mutated mad cow disease or Rabies

• Bites not always cause of spread

Runner/RagerDefensive Tactics

• Pelvic shot first.

• Cripple legs

• Torso

* Only do head shots when they are standing still.

Bio’sCharacteristics and cause

• Large body

• Unearthly howl or grunting

• Walker/Runner exposed to radiation

• Some signs of intelligence

• Regenerative or other worldly ability's

Bio’sDefensive Tactics

• RUN!!

• Drop a building on them.• Massive damage to the skull.

Conclusion:

• “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” (Sun Tzu)

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Work Cited

• 28 Days Later. AMC, 27 Jun 2003. DVD.• Art of War, The. Print.• "Dawn of the Dead." 19 Mar 2004. DVD.• Moore, Shane. Apocalypse of Enoch, The. New

Babel Books, 2012. eBook.• Walking Dead, The. AMC, . Television.