The eyelids are seen moving only when they are excited or going to sleep.Īlthough they are not seen displaying this trait often, Houndeyes appear to be carnivorous or omnivourous creatures, as one is seen eating a dead security guard in Half-Life: Blue Shift. While a shy and timid creature by itself, groups of three or more display resonant behavior, emitting destructive harmonic sonic attacks in shock waves, capable of causing internal bleeding in those they attack or destroying nearby objects such as wooden crates or windows.
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The Houndeye is an excellent example of a social animal in terms of pack hunting. Houndeyes are first encountered in Unforeseen Consequences, where one will rush to two scientists and may kill them if the player does not kill it. Like most of the creatures found on Xen, Houndeyes are studied in Black Mesa's Sector E.
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Houndeyes apparently communicate through a series of high-pitched sounds somewhat similar to the barking of dogs, on which its behavior and movement are also partially based, hence its name (its sounds are actually based on that of dogs). In place of a head there is a large, black, insect-like compound eye protected by vertical eyelids.
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Possessing only three legs and a thorax, the Houndeye is a faint yellow-green in color, with electric blue tiger-like stripes adorning its spine. Houndeyes in captivity in the Advanced Biological Research Lab.