Animals are it

I have been reading lots of graphic novels lately.
I like the ones on zombies and swamp things. I also like Ex Machina, Y: The last Man and Animal Man.
I am not that young... actually I am already in my late 40s.
But, I am surprised about how much more I have learned from these graphic novels than I have from life itself.

But my all time favorite is Walking Dead. It's about how living people try to cope with life when they are being attacked by zombies.  Imagine a world where there are no laws... only the law of survival — you get the picture.
But if there is one thing that I have learned from all my reading of zombie graphic novels it's that there are no zombie animals.
So, I have started to create an animal army to keep me company should the zombies attack.
The count so far... five dogs, three cats and a tortoise.