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[Rudyred]

That's true. I imagined MGP more like the sperm whales that he apparently munched on - capable of going to great depths when he wanted to, but generally staying mid-depth.

[penguin-1203]

[d0nu7]

He clearly did not have an exoskeleton as there was stretching in his arms and such as he walked. He seemingly had a skin, and I don't think any creature with an exoskeleton has a skin like that. It is more probable that he has armor like an Ankylosaurus, although a version that has seemingly evolved to not look so armor like. In the scene where he is bombed and jumps at the helicopter he appears to have holes etc on his skin, which also seems to disprove the exo theory. This also kinda means that the parasites are just that, parasites, and not related to the monster.

[Stumper67]

Why does it have to be something that can be explained through our biological conventions?

Like I said in another thread, we discover new species every single day... They often to things or live places ot have adaptations we could never dream of. Why can't that be the case here?

[cowboyfromhell]

MGP is just a mean SOB.He's pissed off and he's freakin ginormous!He's a bad ass with thick armor like skin.There is an explanation of just HOW/WHY he is so damn tough,and we will get it in time.For now I'm gonna go with the theory of him adapting to the incredible pressure he endured while at the bottom of the sea.His body adapted or whatnot while he was hybernating/lying dormant in suspended animation,and when he was awoken,commenced on raisin hell on whatever was in his path.We'll get real answers.When we'll get em is anyones guess.

[Ouroborus]

I'll jump on the Slusho bandwagon.

[AktionT4]

I remember reading something about speculative xenobiology and there was a discussion on alien life that lived on planets with much higher gravity than Earth.

Basically - the Cloverfield monster fits the description.

They'd have multiple limbs - very long and strong. Standing upright would be impossible so locomotion would be more akin to a crawling. They'd be exceptionally sturdy and robust.

Take them out of that high gravity environment and they have an advantage of strength, reaction speed and toughness.


There's an extreme example of high gravity life based on some fictional short stories by Hal Clement..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_of_Gravity

Perhaps MGP is a large beastie from another world with a higher gravity than Earth's but not as high as Clement's "Mesklin"....

[takaris7]

One could assume...and we are guessing here...that he lived on the ocean floor where pressure was amazing. So with that in mind he must have been very resistant.

Live at the bottom of a trench where the sea would squish you and me in a second.

or maybe its from space?