From what I've read, they're sight is heightened but there is no proof or anything written about them having any kind of night vision or anything like that.. what they rely on is their sense of smell, hearing and sight which all are a little better than the living
I would think that being dead, that it's a possibility that they may be able to detect the bioelectrical impulses of living organisms. Of course it's hard to test that from on top of a mall roof.
Well, if "Shaun of the Dead" has it right - Zombies hunt by sight. Kinda like 'sight-hounds' - they key on movement.
I think the same was true in "Night of the Living Dead." They seem mildly curious about everything, until they detect movement; Then it's ON!
Come to think of it, their night vision may be better, considering their negative reaction to bright lights or flames.
Big Dog has it right, motion is the big thing. They smell so bad themselves they can't depend on scent for much of anything. Like humans their hearing gets worse as they get older. If they are really tattered and missing body parts they won't have much hearing at all. While their vision is quite good they are handicapped by lack of mental acuity and often not really able to understand what they see. The reaction to motion however seams to be hard wired into what brain they have left and the least bit of motion usually precipitates an attack.
Does anyone have information on the "zombie stopping" qualities of various firearms?
To start with, zombies have heightened senses all around...then after a week of no baths and eating people's brains, they can't smell anything but themselves. After a month or so, their screaming, loud grunts, and the screaming of their victims damages their ears to the point that they can't really hear very well. After running through sharp wires and such in an uncaring frenzy to catch a human skins them til there isn't much left, their sense of feeling goes down. After that, all they have left is taste and sight. Since they don't read and don't sit in from of a computer or tv screen, their eyes stay in good shape(until a victim claws them out right before they get their head torn open) and their taste usually stays pretty good. However taste doesn't come into the equation because they smell so bad that the air around them taste like themselves as well.
I think Hollywood makes them do the impossible LOL
So true! Like everything else they do, Hollywood strays far from the truth when portraying zombies. What I was wondering about is that sort of "herd mentality" often atributed to zombies. Do they really have some kind of ESP so that if one zombie senses you they all do like in the movies or is that just more "Hollywood"?
