So I guess walkers are extreme nature lovers. They must like nothing more than going for hikes through the woods, exploring corn fields, frolicking in meadows, pretty much being one with nature… Then trying to eat it. This would be the only explanation as to why there are so many of them, miles away from any civilization strolling through the woods.
Every time any character enters the forest, within minutes there is at least one walker that goes strolling by and more often than not they show a hoard making their way past as well. I’ve been in my share of forests, and I can tell you, you really don’t run into many people. The human population tends to congregate around urban developments. The closer you get to the city, the higher the population density becomes. So it stands to reason that when people start dying and turning into walkers that the vast majority of them will be in urban settings. Not forests and corn fields!
So my question is, why during the show is the population density of walkers in the rural Georgian forests, higher than downtown Tokyo? I do understand that a few walkers would eventually make their way into the forest, perhaps following a food source or just by happenstance their mindless wandering took them there. But the vast majority would still be wandering around main street looking for something to munch on. There really isn’t any reason for them to travel hundreds of miles to a forest and then just start wandering around in it, it just doesn't make sense.
From what we've learned walkers are attracted by noise, potential food, and other walkers. This can be found aplenty in the city, not so much in the woods. You should be able to walk for hours, miles, hell even days through the forest post apocalypse without finding a walker. Yet on the show you can find one every 20 feet. Speaking of walking, zombies tend to always take the path of least resistance, and I can tell you, forests aren’t the easiest place to traverse,
I can hear a bunch of people arguing already. ”There are so many zombies in the city that the food source has been eaten, so they made their way into the forests to hunt”. Allow me to retort. There is a reason that hunters use high powered rifles with scopes that can zoom in on a deers arse hair from 500 feet. Wild animals aren’t that easy to catch, personally I’ve never heard of a hunter taking out a deer or hell even a raccoon with their bare hands. Take away reasoning and general coordination and I’m thinking walkers aren't much of a threat to the indigenous wildlife.
So I guess I’ll need to start paying more attention to the walkers in the show. Maybe I’ll see an “How to Identify Birds” book in one of their pockets, or one will have binoculars around it’s neck and be eating granola. I suppose it’s possible that walkers really are nature lovers.
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