(October 19, 2015 at 10:53 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: I've finally gotten caught up on TWD after binge watching season five over the last two weekends. One thing about the premise of the show that kinda bugs me... Why haven't the walking dead simply rotted out by now? They've shown full blown human skeletons lying about the country side, but by some magic the animated corpses don't rot as fast. They've never offered an explanation for this and it really doesn't make sense.It appears that the corpses featured are in varying states of decay, depending on when they they died and other external factors. That's why the recently turned seem to be more agile and are noticeably faster than the walkers in advanced stages of decomposition.
Some walkers flesh seem to disintegrate into soupy goop, when pressure or force is applied to it or other body parts, including their skulls. I remember a reference regarding that, though I can't remember if it was the show or book. Rick is explaining to Carl that a particular weapon would not work well if a walker had been recently turned.
The very first zombie Rick encounters in the first episode (the half lady) was basically dormant and almost completely rotted, kind of like the one that bit Hershel at the prison.
