User blog comment:H-Man Havoc/New Squadmate Species for ME3?/@comment-3038049-20101229212059/@comment-743796-20101231162556

First off, the humans are stabbed with dragon teeth, and that process absorbs virtually all the vitamins and minerals from the body. This is from the codex entry for husks back in ME1. What likely happens is either A: The "teeth" kill the human, absorb the nutrients, then reanimate the corpse... or B: The subject is rendered unconscious while the process is underway, for a long enough time that the subject's brain-dead. Remember: brain damage occurs when it is devoid of oxygen for a minimum of 4 minutes, and the husk transformation process seems to take longer than that, effectively turning the subject into an insane, bloodthirsty shadow of his/her former self, with virtually no mental faculties whatsoever.