eating the livestock

[fartpants]

i just wondered if zombies do eat animals as there is no reference to this in any of the films and i just find it strange that a zed would walk past a horse or a cow and not try to munch on it

[Philly_SWAT]

i just wondered if zombies do eat animals as there is no reference to this in any of the films and i just find it strange that a zed would walk past a horse or a cow and not try to munch on it In Night, you do see a zed eat some type of insect that was on a tree. There are no horses or cows shown on screen that I recall, therefore we have no evidence of this one way or the other. But the fact that at least one zed eats a bug gives credence to the idea that they would eat livestock.

[fartpants]

i forgot about about the bug, nice one Philly

[sandrock74]

I think most animals can easily evade zombies. Zombies are too slow and uncoordinated to catch animals. Not to mention that a lot of animals could easily kick a zombies ass! Imagine the hilarity of a zombie who makes the mistake of trying to eat a wolverine!

[zombiekiller]

In Night, you do see a zed eat some type of insect that was on a tree. There are no horses or cows shown on screen that I recall, therefore we have no evidence of this one way or the other. But the fact that at least one zed eats a bug gives credence to the idea that they would eat livestock. if you rember in night 90 a zed is seen eating a mouse also.

[blind2d]

I just watched that, and it's funny how the other Zack gets all pissed like, "Hey, I want some too!" Yeah, don't know how they caught it, though...

[Danny]

i dont think they actively do, but it would be much scarier if you think about it, not even your food si safe from them, so you cant start a farm out of the way and just hide in the cellar when a group of em roam through, theyd eat all the cattle so youd starve eventually. -or, knowing romero, theyd turn on each other whilst yelling "were the monsters!"

[krakenslayer]

Night of the Living Dead - A zombie is seen eating an insect. This is possibly just an experimental bite. Dawn of the Dead - Dr Millard Rauche: "They feed ONLY on warm human flesh". There was originally scripted a subplot involving a pet shop in the mall, and a surviving puppy that Fran adopts, which is later eaten by zombies. However, this inconsistency is probably precisely the reason the subplot was cut. Day of the Dead - A major plot thread rests on the fact that the zombies will not eat anything other than human flesh. They reject "beef treats" and all other substitute foods, prompting Dr Logan to use... well, you know the rest. Land of the Dead - No evidence in this movie one way or the other. Diary of the Dead - I don't remember anything regarding animals in this movie. Possibly something in TV dialogue about them only eating human flesh, but I haven't seen it enough times yet to remember for sure. ...of the Dead - Set reports that a scene may show zombies eating a dead horse. However, we don't yet know if this is accurate or anything about the context. I'd say, after evaluating the evidence from Romero's movies, that zombies only crave human flesh. They might attack an animal if provoked or try to take a bite out of curiosity, but their true drive is to consume human meat. To me, this makes them scarier and more mysterious - they are not omnivores, they are purely cannibals.

[blind2d]

They are not cannibals. They only feed on humans, they do not prey on each other. - Eyepatch So... what do we call them? People-ivores?

[krakenslayer]

They are not cannibals. They only feed on humans, they do not prey on each other. - Eyepatch So... what do we call them? People-ivores? Well, that's just semantics. He was trying to distance the concept of the "zombie" from our fellow humans - make them out to be something inhuman and the situation is easier to accept, makes it easier to kill them and deal with the problem of man eating man. But as Doc Logan said: "They are us. They are essentially the same organism, just functioning less perfectly."

[bassman]

I don't think there's any solid answer in any of Romero's film. Personally, I think they would eat anything that's warm flesh but it's never been shown. The bug thing in Night has always bothered me. How is that warm flesh? Then again, Romero admits that it was the beginning and he didn't have his rules down on paper yet...

[krakenslayer]

Well, you know, they're hungry and desperate, so they'd probably take a bite of anything that moved just to find out. But one thing that's for sure and has been consistent throughout is that they only actively seek out human flesh.

[SRP76]

I imagine they eat anything that's alive. If zombies in Day will eat mystery meat of a bucket, why wouldn't they chomp on a cow that's still mooing and walking? The fact that we never see a cow get attacked means nothing, since we never see a cow, period. Does that mean cows don't exist? Of course not. All we get to see is a very, very limited view of what's going on, focused on the group of survivors. That doesn't mean that what we get to see is the only thing happening.

[bassman]

If zombies in Day will eat mystery meat of a bucket, why wouldn't they chomp on a cow that's still mooing and walking? Was it mystery meat, though? I thought it was made pretty obvious that it was meat from the newly dead soldiers. So it's still kind of warm and what not..

[krakenslayer]

I imagine they eat anything that's alive. If zombies in Day will eat mystery meat of a bucket, why wouldn't they chomp on a cow that's still mooing and walking? The fact that we never see a cow get attacked means nothing, since we never see a cow, period. Does that mean cows don't exist? Of course not. All we get to see is a very, very limited view of what's going on, focused on the group of survivors. That doesn't mean that what we get to see is the only thing happening. Imagine what you want, but it is stated over and over and over in both Dawn and Day of the Dead that they don't eat anything but human meat. As for the canned meat in Day... Dr Fisher: (about the canned meat) It's something called "Beef Treats" that the army supplies us with so generously. They won't touch it. Much later... Bub is eating unidentified meat from a bucket. Billy: What is that? Is that... Sarah: (horrified) Oh God, no! It can't be, it can't be... I'm surprised you didn't realise this, because it's a really important to whole plot of the movie.