#gonarch

enter the lair…

but like i was wondering, what is inside that friggin thing??? it poops out babies and thats.. woog.. weird heugh

It's unknown how many individuals exist within this group, and how their life cycle works, as it's been observed that they, through live birth, produce headcrab. An idea is a sort of 'hive', however it's clear that there is not a mutual reliance, as no adult headcrab has been seen around 'The Gonarch', and clearly survive on their own.

The Gonarch is shown to either be outwardly territorial or have a strong maternal instinct. Seeing as how it shows aggression to most other fauna around it, rather than fauna that would be dangerous to it, also furthers the question.

The Gonarch is known to burrow to a degree, digging just enough to camouflage in the ground, rising to either attack prey or defend territory/offspring.

It's difficult to tell how it detects those around it, vibrations is one idea that was originally brought up, however, there's very minimal evidence to support this, especially as a primary sense. Not only is it fully lifted off the ground, but all points of contact are small and through some material similar to keratin. As opposed to clear sensory organs with good contact, and some evidence of a sensitive sensory organ. Feel free to ask further questions :]