What Would I be an Expert In?

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I want to be an expert on surviving a Zombie apocalypse. In movies, Zombies are typically portrayed as walking corpses who feed on human beings. They are created from an epidemic and infectious bite. Global pandemics such as this will create pandemonium and fear all over the world, collapsing modern society and typical human behavior. Zombies are widely considered fictional, but with the evolution of biological weapons, disease, or even divine punishment, it is not completely farfetched an event like this can transpire. To survive a zombie apocalypse you will need to know the type of Zombie that you will be encountering, the communication of infection, and survival tactics in the wake of a rapidly degrading society. An expert will be expected to ensure the survival of mankind before society collapses and Zombies become the dominant species on earth.

There are several different types of “Zombies” that have been recorded throughout the past. Origins of Zombies come from Vodou, a spiritual belief system that originates in the country of Haiti (Hahn, 2007). In Vodou folklore, it is said that Bakor priests or “witchdoctors” take control of their victims through a neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin, which is derived from puffer fish, and described as a deadly neurotoxin that causes paralysis (Hahn, 2007). In a heavily documented case, the book “A Serpent and A Rainbow” discusses the life of Clairvius Narcisse. Narcisse was a Haitian man who was actually pronounced dead and buried, and said to have been turned into a living Zombie by a Bakor priest for 18 years (Hahn, 2007). The other type of Zombie, the typical ones you see in movies are very different than the ones portrayed in Vodou. The director of “Night of The Living Dead”, ...

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