{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "On Zombies", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/16849675436/", "html": "<p>I just had a thought - everyone knows how to deal with zombies these days, but all those ideas are based on the idea that they hunt in swarms, right? But &ndash; predators don&rsquo;t swarm, prey swarms. Zombies would really make more sense as ambush hunters - if you don&rsquo;t need to maintain body heat, or pump the heart and lungs to keep the flesh oxygenated, you could maintain a low enough metabolism to wait in one place and go centuries between feedings.</p>"}