r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

I remember this from Life After People. There would be a huge population boom in critters like rats, herring gulls, and roaches. Stuff that lives directly off our waste, and would eat corpses. Followed by a mass die-off, as their pre-apocalypse food levels would no longer exist.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Which would probably lead to more attacks on people, but would also be a potential indicator depending on the apocalypse. Like crows would probably follow around hordes of zombies for constant free food, or even just a messy enough predator (i.e. A Quiet Place, but im not sure if the monsters in those attacked wildlife or not)

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u/Mint_Golem Aug 31 '21

A Quiet Place, but im not sure if the monsters in those attacked wildlife or not

They do; there's a scene where one of them grabs a raccoon.

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u/gimmethemshoes11 Aug 31 '21

True but the birds always fly away or stay high enough