She was bit on the arm, before she made that decision. So I assume she knew she would turn, but didn't know when. Its easy to rationalize in that instance, that rather than risking turning and attacking the children that she would sacrifice herself while they got away. She was still left with a useable arm which she did use to drag herself around in the first episode of season 1, thus that's how she got to the park. All that being said, the web episodes were somewhat cheesy.Dread Not wrote:The walker dragging itself in the first episode is explained in the web series. I suggest you avoid it since it's total shite, but basically in an act of supreme stupidity, a woman feeds herself to a hoard of walkers so her children can escape. They tear her limb from limb and then she wakes up all zombified with her legs missing. This ends up raising more questions because she's torn apart in the streets and wakes up in the middle of a park area. But anyway, yeah, you have the right idea. Walkers will only eat fresh meat and will lose interest some time before the person turns but not immediately after they die. Unless the brain has been feasted on, whatever is left of the victim will reanimate as a walker.Themightytom wrote:Thanks for nothing Aklhut, obviously you couldn't be bothered to consider the main point of the sentence which was that the guys legs were chewed to shit. that wasn't a "bite". Either he had his legs seriously torn apart before he hung himself, or they were feasted upon after, suggesting walkers eat their own, maybe weaker or helpless members, which does not explain the one dragging itself along in the first episode.
I have answered my OWN question with more thought. He got bit, he wrote a poem, he hung himself, and BEFORE he revived, he was used as a human terriyaki stick. Then he reanimated to discover he was no longer able to model socks.
IT is an interesting question as to when exactly a body ceases to be appetizing to a zombie. Perhaps when the body temperature drops below a certain level? Or a lack of oxygen in the blood?