Quote (HappyFunBall @ 26 Aug 2012 20:21)
Some random thoughts:
Zombies don't disintegrate/ignite/whatever at sunrise.
Zombies can be killed with a shot to the brain or fire, but usually it's little more than what's required to kill a normal human. Vampires require a stake through the heart or sunlight. Just about everything else is ineffective.
To completely defeat zombies, every single one of them must be killed or there is a chance to infect others. For vampires, many cases only the head vampire needs to be killed. All minions would then be wiped out or revert at once.
Zombies probably wouldn't actively seek out vampires because they lack intelligence and vampires are dead. However, vampires can easily blend in with any survivors and help eliminate the zombies.
Vampires (in most stories) can turn into bats and fly. Zombies cannot, though if there's a possibility of birds, bats, and insects being infected...
Vampires and Romero type zombies cannot infect each other since they're both dead. 28DL types aren't technically dead, but I doubt anything would happen if a vampire tried to infect one of them. Draining them of blood probably wouldn't be a good idea because they're diseased.
If the zombie infection spreads to pandemic levels, then vampires would likely protect any human survivors so that there will be a supply of food for them after the zombie apocalypse passes.
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I would probably give it to the vampires, but it would take a long time unless the infection was contained early enough.
I guess it all depends on the abilities Vampire have in the "universe".
Not all authors have the exact same type of vampires/abilities.
But let say Vampires True Blood like... Zombies wouldnt stand a chance imo