Monster Mash Round 1 Zombie vs. Manticore
Zombies
Zombies have become ultra-popular in today’s culture, possibly exceeding vampires. One of the highest rated shows on Television is AMC’s The Walking Dead, and there have been a myriad of movies and novels written about them. The traditional zombie is a slow moving, stumbling creature that is awfully fond of eating the brains of its victims. There have been other, hyper-fast, crazed zombies like those in 28 Days Later. The latter zombies would definitely be more fierce, and harder to defeat, so we’ll go with those in this battle.
Some things you always wanted to know about zombies:
The word “zombie” comes from the African word nzambi, which means “god.”
Based on common zombie mythos, the only way to kill a zombie is to damage its brain or cut off its head.
Zombies have the traditional zombie limp because their bodies are being decomposed as any other normal corpse would. Additionally, rigor mortis would cause major tissue and muscle damage as the zombies walk. Since zombies can’t heal, any damage they sustain is permanent.
Manticore
Manticores come from Persian legend. The name means “man-eater”. They have the body of a lion, the face of a human, and a tail that has a stinger similar to that of a scorpion. Their mouth has three rows of teeth, and their tales have poisonous spines that they could use as a weapon by shooting them out. Although originating in Persia, the legend of the manticore can be found in various places around the world. They were believed to be found in the jungles of India, and are found in Greek, Roman, German, Hungarian, and Spanish lore. Much like the Sphinx, they are believed to challenge their prey with riddles before killing them.
The manticore is a particularly dangerous creature. At a distance, it can lift its stinger over its head and shoot it like an arrow. It can straighten its tail and shoot foes from behind with its stinger. In close, it can fight with its claws, teeth, and stinger. It is reputed to feed on humans and also larger prey such as elephants.
For as popular as zombies are, they don’t stand much of a chance against a manticore. I’ve seen Darryl from The Walking Dead kill zombies without breaking a sweat. How would they stand up against this type of killing machine. Ask yourself this question, who would you rather have to face, a zombie or a manticore? Case closed. The manticore advances to the second round.
Zombies have become ultra-popular in today’s culture, possibly exceeding vampires. One of the highest rated shows on Television is AMC’s The Walking Dead, and there have been a myriad of movies and novels written about them. The traditional zombie is a slow moving, stumbling creature that is awfully fond of eating the brains of its victims. There have been other, hyper-fast, crazed zombies like those in 28 Days Later. The latter zombies would definitely be more fierce, and harder to defeat, so we’ll go with those in this battle.
Some things you always wanted to know about zombies:
The word “zombie” comes from the African word nzambi, which means “god.”
Based on common zombie mythos, the only way to kill a zombie is to damage its brain or cut off its head.
Zombies have the traditional zombie limp because their bodies are being decomposed as any other normal corpse would. Additionally, rigor mortis would cause major tissue and muscle damage as the zombies walk. Since zombies can’t heal, any damage they sustain is permanent.
Manticore
Manticores come from Persian legend. The name means “man-eater”. They have the body of a lion, the face of a human, and a tail that has a stinger similar to that of a scorpion. Their mouth has three rows of teeth, and their tales have poisonous spines that they could use as a weapon by shooting them out. Although originating in Persia, the legend of the manticore can be found in various places around the world. They were believed to be found in the jungles of India, and are found in Greek, Roman, German, Hungarian, and Spanish lore. Much like the Sphinx, they are believed to challenge their prey with riddles before killing them.
The manticore is a particularly dangerous creature. At a distance, it can lift its stinger over its head and shoot it like an arrow. It can straighten its tail and shoot foes from behind with its stinger. In close, it can fight with its claws, teeth, and stinger. It is reputed to feed on humans and also larger prey such as elephants.
For as popular as zombies are, they don’t stand much of a chance against a manticore. I’ve seen Darryl from The Walking Dead kill zombies without breaking a sweat. How would they stand up against this type of killing machine. Ask yourself this question, who would you rather have to face, a zombie or a manticore? Case closed. The manticore advances to the second round.
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