The first ichthyosaur you encounter in HL1 might not've been teleported in, and if it had, then it was moved to that location rather than being teleported to it. Remember that the scientist that tells you about the ichthy says that it's been here for over a week, and it was in a pen of sorts; there was a diver's cage, electrified fences, everything. They were studying it there. The scientists might've pulled it right off of Xen and plopped it into the lab.
As for things that came in through the resonance cascade and the portal storms...well, I'm sure some of them got beached. I'm sure some creatures that aren't amphibious got ported into the water as well...maybe some unlucky headcrabs or houndeyes. There were probably all sorts of portal anomalies; remember how sometimes in HL1 creatures would fall out of the sky? Think about if one of those portals popped open TOO high, hehe.
The reason we don't see these kinds of things is, well...there's no reason to show these things in-game. It wouldn't make for a very good introduction to the ichthyosaur if we were wandering around outside and we came across this giant fish lying on its side, gasping for air. That's not scary or threatening; we'd just step around it. Although I will say it would've been hilarious if there was a scene where you were walking through the facility, and all of a sudden an ichthy appeared in front of you and fell to the floor. That'd be great. I'm sure it happened SOMEWHERE in the facility, we just didn't see it.
That actually I'm sure would've appeared quite disturbing...That kept me guiglling like a school girl for some time. Heehee.
My mate and me were discussing it, and he mentioned it would be funny if a vort appeared inside of someone.
The first ichthyosaur you encounter in HL1 might not've been teleported in, and if it had, then it was moved to that location rather than being teleported to it. Remember that the scientist that tells you about the ichthy says that it's been here for over a week, and it was in a pen of sorts; there was a diver's cage, electrified fences, everything. They were studying it there. The scientists might've pulled it right off of Xen and plopped it into the lab.
As for things that came in through the resonance cascade and the portal storms...well, I'm sure some of them got beached. I'm sure some creatures that aren't amphibious got ported into the water as well...maybe some unlucky headcrabs or houndeyes. There were probably all sorts of portal anomalies; remember how sometimes in HL1 creatures would fall out of the sky? Think about if one of those portals popped open TOO high, hehe.
The reason we don't see these kinds of things is, well...there's no reason to show these things in-game. It wouldn't make for a very good introduction to the ichthyosaur if we were wandering around outside and we came across this giant fish lying on its side, gasping for air. That's not scary or threatening; we'd just step around it. Although I will say it would've been hilarious if there was a scene where you were walking through the facility, and all of a sudden an ichthy appeared in front of you and fell to the floor. That'd be great. I'm sure it happened SOMEWHERE in the facility, we just didn't see it.
Ichthy- (as a prefix) can have a few other meanings as well.
