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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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In ''Half-Life 2'', barnacles take a few moments to differentiate between edible and inedible material. Consequently, objects such as tires, barrels or pieces of wood can be used to "distract" a barnacle and allow a player to easily slip past it. In a similar fashion, by setting alight an explosive barrel at the right moment
 or throwing a grenade at the tongue, a player can kill a barnacle attempting to eat it (or even several closely-placed barnacles). . It also seems that the Barnacle tries to wrap its tongue around the target tight enough to break bones and kill it. This is based on the observation that [[bird]]s as well as Resistance or Combine troops die before they even reach the main body, merely by virtue of being caught. Turning on closed captions and then being captured by the barnacle reveals the sound file is called "Barnacle Neckbreak." [[Gordon Freeman]] is unaffected by the tongue's crushing attempts, probably due to his H.E.V.(contracted; show full)
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