How exactly do zombies know whose alive?

Do living people smell different or something? Is it the way we walk?

I'm always wondering this when I watch a zombie movie because zombies seem to instantly know where living people are.

they know because they scream and run and not say "uhhhhhhhhhh"leonard88

Sight and sound, I'd say. The senses are still working on a rudimentary level.

In L4D they attack each other sometimes.Jandurin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD8_GFEO-HY

It's obvious by smell. Says so right in Return of the living dead. Please see above.

know your zombie.

[QUOTE="Jandurin"]In L4D they attack each other sometimes.aaronmullan

I think they're just scripted to attack whoever they attack, just saying.Sunsha

Wrong. :x

[QUOTE="Sunsha"]I think they're just scripted to attack whoever they attack, just saying.KLAX42

Wrong. :x

They can tell by the way people act. That's how they fooled them in Shaun of the Dead.

So remember, if the zombie apocalypse occurs find the nearest thespian and stick with them. :P

Never understood why the zombies don't each other.DrSponge

I think they smell people. If so, the only way to get them not to notice is to smell like a rotten dead.Makemap

They can tell by the way people act. That's how they fooled them in Shaun of the Dead.

So remember, if the zombie apocalypse occurs find the nearest thespian and stick with them. :P

metroidfood

I do have a lot of thesbian friends:o

[QUOTE="metroidfood"]

They can tell by the way people act. That's how they fooled them in Shaun of the Dead.

So remember, if the zombie apocalypse occurs find the nearest thespian and stick with them. :P

dreamdude

I do have a lot of thesbian friends:o

They can tell by the way people act. That's how they fooled them in Shaun of the Dead.

So remember, if the zombie apocalypse occurs find the nearest thespian and stick with them. :P

metroidfood

[QUOTE="Makemap"]I think they smell people. If so, the only way to get them not to notice is to smell like a rotten dead.BradHummr