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

(contracted; show full)e tongue's stickiness is unknown, although Valve released a picture showing Gordon Freeman with a Barnacle's tongue wrapped around his neck and seemingly trying to strangle him. The barnacle then retracts its tongue, drawing the object towards its mouth. Upon reaching the mouth, the object is quickly evaluated by the barnacle: objects considered edible by the barnacle are crushed and consumed; inedible objects are released. Barnacles appear to be capable of killing and digesting a [[human]] being
 within only a few seconds, stripping the skeleton of flesh and spitting out indigestible [[bone]]s. As the barnacles are never seen moving, it can be assumed that their food requirements are relatively low and that they can survive for extended periods without food, perhaps explaining their [[sedentary lifestyle]].

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[[Category:Fictional extraterrestrial species]]
[[Category:First-person shooter creatures]]
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[[ru:Барнакл]]