


The player can obtain an egg sack containing 5 Snarks which can be used as weapons. The Snark will react to tapping on the glass and being fed. In Half-Life: Alyx, Alyx Vance is shown to own a pet Snark at her hideout which she keeps in a large glass jar. The Snark emits a high-pitched squeak with each bite, which gets higher and higher in pitch the longer it stays in its "attack mode" before finally exploding. To add insult to injury, a snark will explode about twenty seconds after they start attacking, spraying acid everywhere. These bites are powerful, doing as much as 10 points of damage each and easily crippling the player if they are not careful. When their nest is threatened, Snarks will leap out and charge at their intruder, bouncing around madly and biting with their sharp beaks. The fleshy nests themselves are about the size and shape of a road sign, and dark green with translucent red pods and four claw-like branches on each corner. They are social and highly territorial, making nests and protecting them at all costs.

Snarks are small, beetle-like creatures with four legs, a single bright glowing green eye, and a thick, dark red, segmented shell.
