However, their echolocation is crude compared to creatures like bats, as they will not notice that something is alive or moving unless it is directly in front of them. Ĭlickers also possess high intelligence, never leaving an area when they have heard prey run by them, and will constantly check every available nook and cranny to locate the source of the sound with little regard to giving up on the task at hand.
They seem to have enhanced strength, as they can overwhelm and kill Joel if grappled and always succeed if attacking other humans, like the group at the mountain plaza. Ĭlickers are dangerous and much more aggressive than runners, and like stalkers, they no longer resist the fungus because their humanity has been completely eliminated. Like runners, clickers can sometimes be found in a passive state. However, clickers are able to maneuver through areas by utilizing echolocation, which produces noticeable clicking and screeching noises to locate sources of sound, hence their name. This makes them deadlier, but at the price of being completely blind due to fungal infection taking over their face. In fact, a direct shot to the face with a powerful weapon such as a revolver will only break off a chunk of the mold, leaving the clicker's brain unharmed but exposing the victim's face and rendering them able to see once again (until the fungus regrows). These fungal plates have adapted to keep the host alive and able to spread. The patches are seemingly an earlier stage of the fungal infection growing out of their hosts' bodies.
The growth forms large patches of scale-like tissue that glow in the dark. Clickers claw and scratch the fungal growth on their eyes as if trying to get rid of their blindness, especially when immobile. Clickers appear less human than runners and stalkers, with faces that are completely skewed and scarred by fungus developed from their infected brains.
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