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In AMC’s The Walking Dead, the zombies — or walkers — amble slowly and appear emancipated as they shuffle along. Their washed-out skin and skeletal form iconic imagery when it comes to the series. However, a mortician has now described how these walkers should really look, according to Comic Book.
Melissa Unfred, a mortician based in Texas, spoke out about how a body decomposes after death and how this differs from what viewers see in The Walking Dead. In particular, she describes the polling process of blood after a person dies.
“The part of the body that’s closest to the ground will turn dark red where the blood settles,” Unfred said.
“After about 24 hours, the lower right quadrant of the body will turn a bluish-green color as the bacteria in the pancreas are the first to start digesting tissues in the gut.”
Unfred then when on to describe the discoloration process of the skin.