Zombie Cockroaches!

[Blaze]

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/30/0431246

Oh boy!

[Sidoh]

Awesome!

[Towelie]

Did the meter go up yet?

[iago]

Did the meter go up yet?

I don't think it's worth raising the meter, but I did write a story about it.

[Blaze]

Did the meter go up yet?

I don't think it's worth raising the meter, but I did write a story about it.

We're one step closer to the Zombie Apocalypse!

[dark_drake]

Are they really zombies, though? I didn't think zombiism was something we could cure.

[iago]

Are they really zombies, though? I didn't think zombiism was something we could cure.

It's classic, Haitian, Voodoo-style zombies, not Romero ones. They're completely different and distinct (mainly, Voodoo-style zombies aren't dead)

[rabbit]

Actually, Voodoo style zombies CAN be dead, they just typically aren't

[iago]

Well, from all the sources I've seen (everything from The Serpent and the Rainbow to White Zombie to The King of the Zombies), voodoo zombies are people that have been given a drug that simulates the appearance of death for a brief period (a few hours to a few days). I can't offhand think of any where the zombie is actually dead, although I could be missing something.

[rabbit]

There was a guy who was dead for a while (like...a few months) and then resumed living.  I forget the details, but I do remember seeing it on the Discovery Channel's show about zombies.  Also, another form of Voodoo zombie is basically a lobotomized person who is used as cheap/slave labor.

[Blaze]

There was a guy who was dead for a while (like...a few months) and then resumed living.  I forget the details, but I do remember seeing it on the Discovery Channel's show about zombies.  Also, another form of Voodoo zombie is basically a lobotomized person who is used as cheap/slave labor.

I remember watching something on Discovery about that a while back, too.

[AntiVirus]

That is pretty awesome.