Exactly what the title says it is.
This is adapted from Monsters and Villains of the Movies and Literature by Gerrie McCall, Dragons: Fearsome Monsters from Myth and Fiction by Gerrie McCall, and Mythical Monsters by Chris McNab.
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NOSE: With an acute sense of smell, a zombie can detect the odor of human prey up to a mile away. MOUTH: The zombie uses no spoken language, but only moans. It consumes human flesh. BODY: As an undead being, a zombie may reek of the grave or have body parts that are rotting away. LIMBS: Having its limbs cut off does not bother a zombie. It will continue to seek flesh for as long as its brain is intact. BRAIN: Even though its brain is not active, a zombie can only be permanently stopped by destroying its brain.
A zombie is an undead corpse that feeds on living human flesh. When a zombie bites a living human, it passes on an infection in the form of a virus. The virus travels through the victims bloodstream, infecting the brain, and all bodily functions stop. The victims brain remains alive but inactive. Symptoms resulting from a zombie bite include bruising of the bitten area, fever, slowed heart rate, numbness, and coma. By the next day, the victim rises as a zombie. The zombie spends all its time in search of a new victim. Despite its slow shuffle, the zombie is an efficient killer and can live for several years before it rots completely away.
The only way to kill a zombie is by destroying its brain. Blunt objects, axes, guns, harpoons, crossbows, and chainsaws have all been proven to be effective weapons for destroying the zombies brain. However, it is unwise to engage a zombie in hand-to-hand combat. Protective gear, such as armor or a mesh shark suit, should be worn when approaching a zombie, to protect against its lethal bite. Zombies cannot be burned to death, and a burning zombie produces an incredible stink.
DID YOU KNOW? Zombies tend to gather in cities. In the event of a zombie outbreak, avoid urban areas.
Any person bitten by a zombie should be shot in the head. Even though they appear to be dead, a day later the victim will rise as a member of the living dead.
The belief that a voodoo priest can change a person into a zombie has persisted for generations in Haiti.
In the 1968 movie Night of the Living Dead, which is considered to be one of the most influential zombie movies of all time, the word "zombie" is never used. The living dead are referred to as "those things."
