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When it is addressed and [[Scotch Tape|sketchily]] [[Justified Trope|justified]], it's usually that zombies will only eat living flesh because undead flesh is "not nutritious" or otherwise appealing, [[The Virus]] gives them an instinctive sense to go only after uninfected, or that they're supernatural undead, and thus [[A Wizard Did It|know not to eat each other and instead cooperate]]. You can certainly argue that rotting flesh wouldn't be terribly safe to eat, but that would [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|bring up the question]] of why it can walk around in the first place.
Sometimes lampshaded when the heroes [[Pretend Were Dead|Pretend They're Dead]] in order to [[Pass Fail|pass]]. A [[Zombie Infectee]] or [[Vampire Refugee]] may be able to [[Sheep in
So ubiquitous it's probably better to list aversions, or explicit justifications. See also [[Gang Up On the Human]], the [[Video Game]] AI version.
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* Strangely enough though, the ''[[Marvel Zombies]]'' are NOT above fighting each other for the scraps. In fact, {{spoiler|pretty much ninety-five percent of the entire horde are destroyed by their leaders (Colonel America and the main five Marvel Zombies presnt in MZ 2 onwards) when they gain cosmic powers after devouring the Silver Surfer.}}
* The comic version of [[Hellgate London]] had one of the characters belong to the Cabalists, a separate faction of [[Bad Powers, Good People]] who use black magic and the demons' powers against their enemies. She uses her arcane powers to coerce a rampaging hoard of reanimated undead into believing there was plenty of food among them and devour each other.
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