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GMod - Animations from Half-Life 2 - Beta Bullsquid
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https://half-life.fandom.com/wiki/Bullsquid

"Bullsquids (taxonomic designation: Gastropolypus toxophlegmata, or "Phlegm-shooting Many-legged-mouth") are a species of highly aggressive, bipedal creatures that appear throughout the Black Mesa Research Facility during the Resonance Cascade. Bullsquids are able to survive, if not thrive, in environments that are unfriendly or even toxic to humans, including sewers and pools of radioactive chemicals or biological waste. On Xen, Bullsquids are found drinking from Healing Pools.

The body of a Bullsquid is vaguely similar in appearance to that of a small Theropod, with two short, muscular legs and a thick tail that tapers to a point. The thorax abruptly joins the creature's head with no neck or other visible separation. A typical specimen stands roughly one meter tall and about two meters in length. Two slit-pupiled, black and glossy eyes are mounted on either side of their heads. The tail has a hooked claw at its tip, which explains the large amount of damage caused by the Bullsquid's spin attack.

The Bullsquid's most striking feature, however, is a collection of bright Red, Cthulhu-esque, tentacles surrounding their mouth and allowing them to grasp prey. The Bullsquid can also charge an opponent with surprising speed and force; these two attributes are likely the cause of their portmanteau name.

The Bullsquid's overall coloration is roughly comparable to that of a spotted cat: its skin is sandy brown with dark spots further on its back. The creature's skin appears to be slimy, similar to that of a terrestrial amphibian such as a frog.

Like most of the creatures found on Xen, Bullsquids are studied in Black Mesa's Sector E.

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The Bullsquid is a reminiscence of a creature originally created by Chuck Jones for Quiver, the "Land Squid".

The Bullsquid was originally called "Bullchicken". It is still referred to as bullchicken in the console (i.e. "monster_bullchicken").

The very first Bullsquid was white. Their second iteration was a bright yellow.

Bullsquids only attack with their tail when its target is very wounded.

In the chapter Lambda Core, there is a Bullsquid in an observation case, when the case is opened the Bullsquid remains idle and will not attack unless it is attacked first.

The Bullsquid was originally to appear in Half-Life 2. Like the Houndeye, also cut from Half-Life 2, they were to be glimpsed during the original train ride to City 17 and appear in the Canals.

They can be found in the playable Beta, in the map "d1_canals_02", although the sprite of their toxic spit, now appearing green, does not show properly as it shows a green ball with a black square surrounding the ball.

In Half-Life 2, their skin color was changed to a deep red maroon, while another alternate texture made them pale green.

A slideshow revealing the events between Half-Life and Half-Life 2 was to be shown to Gordon at Eli's lab. In one of the images, Bullsquids were seen chasing a family from a suburban house.

In the playable Half-Life 2 Beta texture folder for the Bullsquid, a texture file named "NewBullsquidSheet.vtf" can be found. It is also signed by Ted Backman and dated 2003, in his stylized signature.

When Bullsquids were to get shot at they would react by jumping high in the hair while being idle.
According to series' writer Marc Laidlaw, they still exist in the Half-Life 2 continuity, being "around here somewhere."

The death animation of the Bullsquid has changed from Half-Life: Day One. The original animation displayed the Bullsquid as flipping over, similar to the headcrab, and emitting a cry (revealing the creature's white underbelly). In the retail version, the animation shows the creature as struggling and then collapsing. (...)"

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