Shrink Ray Zombie

The Shrink Ray Zombie is the first new zombie encountered in Red Sands. He will shrink plants in close in front of him. Shrunken plants will lose their functionality and zombies will walk over them until they grow back to full size after around 10 seconds. Shrunken plants can be dug up.

Suburban Almanac Entry
“A grey mattini. Shrunken not stirred.”

Strategies
It is ideal to avoid having any plants shrunken by the Shrink Ray Zombie, as this can cause quite a few hassles such as allowing zombies to breach the first few lines of defence. Spikeweeds and Spikerocks can be useful in killing them, as they cannot be shrunken. Otherwise, a strong defence, preferably at the back of the lawn, is ideal.

Trivia

 * Its almanac entry is a reference to the famous "shaken not stirred" line in James Bond films.
 * "Grey mattini" is a pun on 'grey matter' and 'martini', implying he wants a martini made of brains.
 * Shrink rays are quite iconic in pop-culture and are often associated with aliens such as martians.