Infected Not Attacking Other Infected

[Stars1356]

And yeah, according to this line of thought, you could stagger your ass out of the infected zone with noone bothering you.

This reminds me of Shaun of the Dead, which was a funny movie.

Anyway back on topic, the executioner kills the manji that are in his way when he swings his axe. There is a lot of times in the games when you only have a certain type of creature in an area and they don't attack each other. The only reason I can think of is there to busy looking for living beings.

[Dot50Cal]

The zombies in the kitchen area also are eating one another. Theres two sets of them if you go into the "passcode" door area.

[kevstah2004]

There the zombies in RE2 before the BUS too i'm not sure if the person was being attacked was already dead though.

[Alzaire]

There the zombies in RE2 before the BUS too i'm not sure if the person was being attacked was already dead though.

There's also another group of zombies eating a zombie (although I guess you could argue the guy could have just recently been killed before you get there) in the hall after the STARS hallway before the library.

[Mesker]

Maybe they're after some good fresh human flesh and not some shitty zombie flesh?

[The_15th]

It's obviously for gameplay reasons, I've only played it once, years ago, but I'm sure the zombies were shown canibalising each other in the first game when you reach the subterranean level. Capcom thinks of everything, I LOVE capcom!!!

[Vixtro]

I don't think a Zombie would ever attack anything that's dead except the recently deceased, and then it must be for only a few minutes because of the time it would take for that dead body to rise up as another Zombie.

You could argue that Zombies eat other Zombies because in some of the games, more specifically RE2&3, you come across victims being eaten that appear to already be Zombies. I think the reason for this is simple, Capcom just used the models of Zombies for the victims because it was easier than making a whole new model for the victim and Zombie's already look the part for someone who's had a run in with a pack of em.

As for how the Zombies can tell the difference between at what seems first glance, the living or dead is a mystery to all of us.

Also:

Since zombies behaviour is completely different, they ignore the staggering idiots and go straight for the humans. And yeah, according to this line of thought, you could stagger your ass out of the infected zone with noone bothering you.

If that was possible then I think a file in at least one of the games would have been found in the game stating it. I know Romero's Zombies are slightly different but it's what the Resident Evil Zombies are based on so I like to think they are the same in most aspects including the one I'm about to say. In Dawn of the Dead (1978), you hear from the TV broadcast that people have attempted to mimic the Zombies but to no avail with casualties involved. Also, going back to what I said above, again on the same TV Broadcast in that film, they stress that the Zombies would never eat or attack one of their own. So again I like to think the Resident Evil Zombies are the same.

[Member_of_STARS]

Vixtro, my line of thought was largely based on the idea that zombies cant smell anything. I dont think the rotten flesh in their nostrils would allow to make a difference between someone a hundred feet away from them, not to mention the whole windage issue coming into play. It has to be either visual or enhanced a combination of all senses to presence of others in the same area. Some people and animals (aswell as plants) are reacting differently to stimuli they cant actually see/hear/smell/touch, which is why I thought of reacting to the bioelectric presence they can detect better than average humans.

When it comes to bodylanguage, a normal person cant really fake it, so a zombie could see it through much better because of purely relying on basic instincts.

[REmaster]

Let's also not forget some other prime examples.

1. Beta hunter cutting a zombie's head off in RE3.

2. Nemesis's final form feeding on a Tyrant.

3. Undead Edward Dewey feeding on a zombie corpse in RE0, in which there were also a few other zombie eat zombie cases.

[Agent_Wong]

Don't forget the Executioner and Uroboros. They wipe out anything in their way hehe. When the Executioner swings wildly, he 9 irons anyone that happens to be in the arc, be they majini or not. And Uroboros just consumes everything. Although for some odd reason when the chainsaw majini revive and go berserk they never hit anything but the player. Odd.

[Borman]

Plenty of animals in the wild choose not to eat things that are already dead (of course, some prefer pre-dead, but that doesnt matter here). So just assume its that side of nature, and it makes sense. As much sense as zombies and other things make anyway.

[Karui]

I thought they recognised each other by scent or body heat.

[PHAT NINJA878]

Maybe they're after some good fresh human flesh and not some shitty zombie flesh?

technically you're right. the cases of infected feeding on infected is to get nutrients. they prefer human flesh though because it has more non dead nutrients

[Karui]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqYuV5Y7ofQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t14reN5fAUo&feature=related

I never witnessed Nemesis slaughtering zombies before this. I usually killed them myself.