zombies

Another day, another species of zombie is born

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Alright, nature, I think you’ve reached a new low.

Here we have a virus which infects caterpillars, and turns them into zombies. The virus forces them to climb up in the tree and grab on, where they slowly liquefy, raining down virus-infected body-goop to affect other caterpillars and begin the circle of caterpillar zombie life anew.

This particular virus only affects gypsy moths…as if they weren’t bad enough to begin with. However, as awful as the gypsy moth menace is, I can’t condone turning things into zombies. That’s just bound to go wrong. As long as we live in a world where a zombie-producing virus lives, there’s always a chance that virus mutates into something that can affect humans.

This kind of reminds me of the zombie ants. That’s right, we now know about a kind of zombie created by a fungus, and another created by a virus. And you people scoff at my zombie preparations! Who’s laughing now?

Link via Sara who enjoys nothing more than horrifying me.

Patient Zero

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Braaaaaains. Beeeeeeets. Beeeeeeeeeeets.

CDC recommends preparing for the zombie apocalypse

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The other day, the Center for Disease Control, more commonly known as the CDC, released a statement saying that Americans should be prepared for the zombie apocalypse.

I have to say, this validates everything. This isn’t just some crazy blogger out there, this is the CDC we’re talking about.  WHAT DO THEY KNOW THAT WE DON’T KNOW??

Their blog has some good zombie apocalypse tips, such as “Pick a meeting place for your family to regroup in case zombies invade your home”. They even have special badges to use on webpages:

I’m telling you man, when someone who knows from diseases like the CDC tells you to be prepared…a part of the U.S. government…it’s time to be on your toes!

Link via Barb (and many of my other informants in the Zombie Information Network).

Zombie Proof House

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Just to prove that you *can* have your cake and eat it too, someone made a really awesome looking house that can go into total, zombie-proof lock down mode. The first ever zombie-proof house!

This house can go from open-and-airy, like this:

To total concrete bunker, like this:


This place even has a drawbridge to the only entrance (which happens to be on the second story):

I think it’s awesome. If you told me you were building a zombie-proof, concrete bunker, I would tell you it was a great idea, but I never would have imagined something that actually seemed as nice and livable on the inside as this. And notice some of the nice features, like the concrete wall running around the property. They don’t give many details about the other required features of a zombie-proof house, such as generators, food storage, access to clean water, etc., but it seems like the kinds of things you would have included if you went to the trouble of making foot thick, concrete blast doors.

I’m not really sure if this is zombie-proof, but I think it’s got about the best chance of any real place I’ve ever seen.

Link via Ben.

Happy Zombie Jesus Day!

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I was going to start a zombie-based religion, but then I remembered there already was one.

He Is Risen…and he hungers for your soul.

Happy Zombie Jesus Day!