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[[Image:HalfLife Barnacle.jpg|thumb|300px|A barnacle, as seen in ''[[Half-Life]]'' ('''left''') and ''[[Half-Life 2]]'' ('''right''').]]

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It is interesting to note the manner in which a barnacle in ''[[Half-Life 2: Episode One]]'' deals with a [[Headcrab#Half-Life 2: Episode One variation (Zombie)|
Zombie or Zombine]] (a [[transhuman]] Combine Overwatch soldier turned [[Headcrab#Headcrab zombie|headcrab zombie]]): after capturing a Zombine, the barnacle will only eat the attached headcrab, while the beheaded body is dropped. On the other hand, barnacles have been recorded consuming the entire body of unaffected Combine soldiers. This could be considered evidence that barnacles dislike the taste of rotting or decomposed flesh, and would be consistent with their rejection of decomposed bodies thrown at them by the player.

==Barnacle as a weapon==

In the expansion pack ''[[Half-Life: Opposing Force|Opposing Force]]'', Black Mesa scientists have been able to successfully detach barnacles, albeit with a high failure rate. The player can use a detached barnacle as either a weapon or as a grappling hook. Both functions take advantage of the affinity of their tongues for [[Biological matter|organic matter]].

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