Quote Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho
actually it could.... the T-virus wasn't developed to be gene specific... T-Virus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

basicly, it attatches to any living cell and transforms it... the reason people degrade faster and faster the longer they've been infected is because the mutated cells keep reproducing... so more and more cells are reproducing near the end, until (i guess) finally the damage results in th ebody shutting down.... which of course... then they rise from the dead... although they're no longer human...

but it's 100% plausible that it could affect any living organism...

in the books there are even mutated sharks... and lets not forget, the entire racoon city outbreak resulted from an infected rat escaped....

Maybe in resident evil but the real living dead were created by the Solanum virus. The virus does not spread to animals. Sometimes the zombies go after animals though but instead of affecting them too they die, its 100 percent fatal. Besides, the zombie flesh is extremely toxic anyway.