Do zombies go to the bathroom, or do they just burst?

[The Burgomaster]

I was just thinking . . .

We see all of these zombie movies where the zombies have voracious appetites and they usually eat flesh, intestines, brains, etc.

But what happens to their meals? Do they digest them, and then need to use the bathroom? Or do they just keep eating until their stomachs fill up and burst?

This is (to my knowledge) unexplored territory.

I demand an answer!



Post Edited (08-27-03 15:11)

[Fearless Freep]

They absorb what they hit and it becomes more 'zombie material'.

Anything extra just sorta falls off as the shuffle along

[Tranquil Featherman]

The Zombies probably get the Runzies.

[Flangepart]

I think ya nailed it, Sir Freep.
Why else eat, but to replace raw mass? Maintaining a mean, but not changing the base biology, so to speak. Thats why they don't "Heal" They stay those shammbling...well, most of them....flesh noshing creepies, by operating on a seriously screwed up biolgical wavelength.

P.S. This "Undead" busness...."Un" = Not, so, we are all undead! Liveing corpses? Nooooo......just seriously messed up people with a diet problim. Cause if they was ded, they would not move, think, react to stimuli.(Teenagers,cattle,blundering rednecks,ect), and glare at you with intense hatred, as that would requite them to be awake.
Guess it all depends on what ya'll define as dead.

[Paul Hotbranch]

Yes,they go to the bathroom...

BRAINS!BRAINS!uuurgh,wait a minute.TOILET PAPER!TOILET PAPER!

[dean]

if i was looking for the scientific reasoning behind this, i'd say that they need to burn off whatever they eat in order to maintain the whole 'living-whilst-still-dead' thing.

maybe they need more iron in their diets? :P

vegetarians become zombies when they die, because of their body's natural urge to eat meat hasn't been satisfied!  classic Bmovie material

[jmc]

I read a short story once that had zombies exploding due to the buildup of gas in their systems--it was from one of those BOOK OF THE DEAD collections.

[Fearless Freep]

if i was looking for the scientific reasoning behind this...

Stop right there

[Dave:Blackeye15]

They go to the bathroom , but they can no longer properly diejest the flesh, so when they doo doo, they're doo-dooing big chunks of meat and brain stuff. THAT's what I think.

-the first rule of fat club-

[Paul Hotbranch]

We no need no stinking science!