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The Walking Dead fans spot deadly flaw in Daryl’s knife wound after battle with Alpha
THE Walking Dead fans have spotted a deadly flaw in Daryl’s knife wound after a bloodied battle with Alpha.
The two characters faced off against one another in the latest episode of the AMC zombie drama as the war between the Whisperers and the other communities continues to escalate.
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In episode 10, Daryl ambushed Alpha and the Whisperers by a lake, but despite taking out some of her gang, Daryl (Norman Reedus) ended up being knifed in the thigh by Alpha (Samantha Morton).
As walkers started to close in, the battered and bloodied duo managed to escape just in time before Alpha turned the tables and cornered an injured Daryl at a gas station, leading the walkers to him.
With the blade still hanging out of his thigh, Daryl was barely able to walk but as the walkers closed in, Daryl had no choice but to yank the blade out of his thigh and stab the final one in the head.
By doing so, blood began to rapidly spurt out of his leg and Daryl was unable to stop the bleeding.
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Thankfully Lydia arrived later in the night and Daryl was finally able to escape the gas station and be patched up back at their camp.
However, many fans were dubious about Daryl's survival, and were convinced the amount of blood loss from his leg wound would have killed him.
Taking to Reddit, one fan wrote: "I know absolutely nothing about blood loss science, but Daryl’s wound shot blood out so fast when he pulled the knife out of his leg, I figured it was an artery wound.
"What could they even do to fix an artery in the forest???”
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Another added: "Former medic here. There's a reason why they tell you to leave knives/shrapnel where it is if you've been stabbed/impaled."
They went on to explain: "You can actually see when he pulls the knife out the blood immediately started squirting out. This is exactly what would happen if it had hit an artery.
“In reality, a bleed like that from the femur would make you unconscious in less than 3-5 minutes and certainly dead by 5-10.
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“As someone else commented the only thing he could have done to buy himself some time would be to apply a tourniquet, which I doubt he had with him.”
A third agreed, writing: "The way you see the blood spurting, it was definitely an arterial bleed, which means he 100% should be dead.”
The Walking Dead airs on Sunday's on AMC in the US and on Monday's on Fox in the UK.
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