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[[Image:HalfLife2 Barnacle.jpg|thumb|175px|A barnacle, as seen in ''[[Half-Life 2]]''.]]

A '''barnacle''' is a fictional [[extraterrestrial life in popular culture|alien]] species found in the ''[[Half-Life]]'' and ''[[Half-Life 2]]'' [[computer game]] series created by [[Valve Software]].

(contracted; show full) around and grabs it.  Furthermore, a barnacle cannot differentiate between edible and inedible material, and will attempt to eat anything that comes into contact with its tongue. 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, a player can kill a barnacle attempting to eat it (or even several closely-placed barnacles). It 
is also knownseems that the Barnacle will break it's victim's neck, if it has onetries to wrap its tongue around the target tight enough to break bones and kill it. This is based on the observation that birds as well as Resistance or [[Combine (Half-Life 2)|Combine]] troops die before they even reach the main body, merely by virtue of being caught. It should also be noted that [[Gordon Freeman]] is unaffected by the tongue's crushing attempts, probably due to his HEV suit.

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