I missed that, I would have to watch it again.

 

the rope was but not the ears, and i think it was a goof.

 

Agreed. It was a goof. He'd have to "thread" the ears onto the rope which, in his mouth, would likely, realistically, lead to infection.

 

He shouldn't have taken but one ear from each zombie anyways, having more makes it look like he killed four zombies. If he is going to do it he should just keep one thing from each zombie, that way it accurately tracks how many zombies he has wasted, that'd be a cool little thing to do.

 

I couldn't help thinking that scene reminded me of Dolph Ludgren doing the same thing in Universal Soldier.

 

I think in this Zombie world the only you become a walker is by being bitten. Remember when they put the blood all over themselves not to be seen as real people in the first season and nothing happened. In the walking dead world things are different, even the name of the people their not called zombies their called walkers.

 

I first thought they were the squrril feet when he was eating it raw...

 

I thought the same thing when I looked saw that too. They were in his mouth though. YUCKIES!

 

When Daryl cut those ears off, put em around that shoe lace, over his neck and looked up, he solidified his spot as #1 for me lol

Badassery at it's finest

 

I agree with Brett. Plus, I'm pretty sure he'd have to suck on the ears pretty good to actually get infected. Just getting in his mouth real quick and spitting it back out, I don't see much/any harm of infection there... But yeah, definitely a goof on the show.

 

I would call then Trophies!..lol

 

Maybe he is cheating, or making up for earlier kills he didn't collect ears from?

 

I would think that if you were to get any of the walker's blood in an open cut, mouth, nose, etc, you would be infected.

But then again it doesn't make sense how T-Dawg wasn't infected when Daryl threw that dead body on him with that giant gash on his arm.

 

He reminded me of the Hill Clan The Blackears and Chella daughter of Cheyk, one of Tyrion's clansmen he picks up on the way back from the Eyrie in Game of Thrones.

 

Everyone's infected anyway.

 

It's been answered in Letter Hacks (Issue #41)


"The rule is WHATEVER it is that causes the zombies, is something everyone already has. If you stub your toe, get an infection and die, you turn into a zombie, UNLESS your brain is damaged. If someone shoots you in the head and you die, you're dead. A zombie bite kills you because of infection, or blood loss, not because of the zombie "virus."" —Robert Kirkman


Whatever the science of the virus triggering on death, death by zombie bite is pinned on bactirial infection plus open wounds (think of all the bactiria on a corpse and in its mouth; even the healthy human mouth is teeming with it; add the zombie's non-fussy diet and it's bad news).

Getting their blood in your mouth or eyes could certainly be hazardous but it depends on a lot of factors; how much, if you have gingivitis or open sores in the mouth or nose, and then what state the blood was in, what bactira was in it, and your own imune system. Our digestive system is pretty effective (not to mention acidic).

 

reminded me of the Leigion Ears in Fallout: New Vegas

 

If was to start a band, it would either be called "Army of Manti," or "Daryl and the Ears."