Zombie
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The most traditional definition of a Zombie would be a person, who has died, and then due to fairly diverse reasons, has re-animated.
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Non-dead Zombies
It is commonly believed, that there can be, and has been so-called non-dead zombies, that have been used as beast of burden on agricultural work in places such as plantations. These sorts of zombies usually have a "zombie master" of some sort, who acts as the leader of these zombies, and according to some sources, even possesses their souls. The zombie master, as the reader can probably guess, is usually a human. According to this somewhat outdated theory, a normal human becomes a zombie after his or her soul is somehow 'stolen' via shamanic medicine and practises. These slave zombies also seem to lack free will, but do not possess the same physical urges as the zombies of the more popular theory do.
Second type Zombies
The more popular theory surrounding the definition of a zombie is centered on the re-animated corpse. According to this theory, a corpse will be able to re-animate after it has been infected by a virus, some sort of radiation or other unknown causes. The key difference between this theory and the aforementioned one is, that the re-animated corpses possess the urge to attack and eat the flesh of the living. The zombies of this theory can be considered much more hazardous to all life around it, than when compared to the zombie(s) of the first theory.
The zombies of the second theory possess another rather terminal trait: whoever fells victim to the bite of this type of a zombie, will undoubtedly turn into a zombie himself/herself soon enough. Whatever the zombies of this theory carry inside their rotting bodies seems to be contagious to humans - and even animals, according to some sources. The zombie does not seem to solely exist for the purpose of spreading the disease; rather it seems to possess an insatiable hunger for the flesh of the living. This hunger, it seems, isn't solely hunger in the sense of a feeling needed to be suppressed. Rather, the zombie of this theory seems to be interested of flesh for the sake of consuming it. According to some sources, the supposed autopsies of these sorts of zombies has shown, that the zombie still possessed the hunger for living flesh even after its' stomach (along with all of the other internal organs) had been removed. This information gives us the right to conclude that, in some sense, these zombies are not engaging in their homicidal activities for the sole purpose of acquiring food. Rather it seems that they possess the urge for living flesh, but have no real ways to suppress it. Their hunger is bottomless, if it can even be called hunger in the traditional sense, as concluded before.
The zombie of the second type can function without its' internal organs, but it still needs its' head and most importantly, the brain to function. As long as the zombie of the second type has a brain, however, the hunger for living flesh exists. As for the physical abilities of a zombie, it seems to possess a slightly better physical strength than a human, but in no sense can it be called superhuman in any way. This ability of slightly added strength manifests itself in a zombie as a tight grip, but that seems to be the only considerable difference.
The brain of this zombie is also its' weak spot; conclusive evidence has shown, that by causing severe head trauma to the zombie, will effectively kill it. The zombie can also be dismembered, or even cut in half - but it still remains very much alive and dangerous until the brain is eliminated. It is also advisable to burn the corpse of the zombie after it has been eliminated in order to stop wild animals from feeding on the remains of the corpse - and possibly spreading the disease.
