Why don't zombies bloat? And skip other stages of decompositionEdit
I understand that the zombies decay slower as a result of the virus. But why do they seem to skip some stages of death and decomposition
Pallor mortis Skin lightening early stage of death TWD zombies do this.
Algor mortis Change in body temp, TWD zombies this occurs because heart stops.
Rigor mortis Muscle stiffness, TWD zombies appear to show this sign by the way their arms and legs move.
Livor mortis Settling of Blood due to gravity, and resulting discoloration. TWD zombies appear to do this to some extent, but because they would move it could be less. Would mean all the blood goes to their feet (ew) if they are Walkers.
Putrefaction Cell breakdown and the "Bloat Stage". So if you have seen pictures of decomposing bodies, there is a not for the faint of heart stage called the Bloat stage, though we have seen this in the 'well walker' (the one Glenn compares to a game of Portal), this walker only bloated because it was in water. In normal human death, you bloat then explode to some extent, due to internal gas accumulating. Also maggots... Gross, we don't really see this on walkers in the series. This step seems entirely skipped on the TWD tv show, it seems walkers move straight into active decomposition and now in more recent seasons to beginnings of skeletonization.
Active Decomposition
The phase where mass is lost. This is the phase where they really start to look like TWD zombies. Bones are more visible, they are skinnier, Eyes sunken in, skin drooping ETC. Then Advanced Decomposition, Which is where more bones are seen, and more mass is lost. We have also seen these types of zombies on TWD.
Skeletonization Only dry materials remain. Haven't officially seen this on TWD* IE complete decay into nothing, then zombie death (probably). But we have seen burned corpses which are a lot closer to this step then we have seen. When zombies get burned some die, I think we will something like this soon.
Why wouldn't the walkers bloat? Possibly because they are introducing new meat for the bacteria to snack on rather then their internal organs? Do walkers rupture easier because they are active, preventing skin to restrict fluids from escaping and not allowing them to bloat at all? I feel like this step has to happen at some point and we just haven’t seen it. So why do you think that it doesn’t appear to be happening on TWD?