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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
No, no, no and no. Why would they go for something that is so well protected and hard to get to, when there is so much meat on the rest of the body there for the taking?
Perpetuating this myth that they are only interested in eating your brain just gives people a false sense of security. How many people do you see walking around in crash helmets thinking they are invulnerable? Or is that the idea? Send people out in crash helmets so that you can sneak past while the zombies are busy eating them?
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Because they need living brains in order for their own brains to continue to function, such as it does. One of the main reasons that zombies seek out living brains is to replenish the brain chemicals that are continually depleted from their own brains.
An example of this is in the comic book series "izombie" where the lead character is a zombie who appears to be normal (looks and mentally functions like a regular person). However, for her to maintain that state she must consume a human brain once a month (a newly dead brain is acceptable). If she fails to do so she will fall into standard zombie mode and lose herself forever.
I don't think a crash helmet would be much protection. The zombies would simply tear apart the rest of the living body to get to the part they want. As summed up in the proposed Third Law, zombies are relentless and nothing will stop them from getting to the brains they desire, you can only slow them down.