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I watched Cloverfield last night, and I’m pretty interested in the biological characteristics of the Cloverfield monster. These are my observation for what kind of creature Cloverfield is:

1. Cloverfield can swim in water. If you notice from the poster, you can see a wave-like shadow on the water, so this monster has the same charasteristic like Japanese Godzilla.
2. Cloverfield has long tail. In the movie, Cloverfield had attacked the bridge and buildings many times with its long tail.
3. Cloverfield can’t stand straight. I noticed that Cloverfield always hunch its back (this is very different from Godzilla).
4. Cloverfield has long arms and claws. You can see that from the damage of the buildings, statues and the classic part is how it attacked the chopper.
5. Cloverfield is huge. Go watch the movie and you will know how big it is.
6. Cloverfield has man face. When Cloverfield attacked Hud at the end of the whole movie, you can see that Cloverfield has a pretty ugly man face.
7. Cloverfield is amphibian. From observation 1, and also the scene in 6, we can see that there is a pair of gills. I guess it used the gills to breath in water, and then nose to breath on land.
8. Parasites attached in Cloverfield. The crab-like and dog-sized creatures coming out from Cloverfield did not look like Cloverfield at all. These creatures can be Cloverfield in early development stage, or parasites. From the fact that it came out from the body of Cloverfield, they were more likely to be parasites.
9. Cloverfield has thick skin. Shells from M-1 Abrams, AT4 rockets, missiles from F/A-18’s, MLRS and Mk 82 bombs from a B-2 Bomber doesn’t hurt it at all (wikipedia).
10. Cloverfield has two legs. It walked with two legs and stepped on the tank with two legs as well. However based on 3, I guess it needed the long arms to support itself to stand really straight.

So based on my observation, this is the sketching of Cloverfield in my mind.

At the beginning of the movie, there was a news report about some drilling station, and there was earthquake. So I don’t think the creature is alien from outer space. This creature may live beneath the earth surface, or deep under the ocean (Just like the one in TV series, Surface). It came onto the land may be because the activity of oil drilling or earthquake that created space for Cloverfield to come up to the land surface. Due to the earthquake (or oil drilling) and environment which it never encounter before, the creature might be confused and developed the anxiety to destroy everything on land. The thick skin may also allow the creature to sustain the pressure difference between deep sea and on land surface. Here’s another sketch by dopepope.

There might not only be one monster in the film. I don’t think the monster can be everywhere in the city while the militaries were attacking it. How coincident it was for the fellas in the film keep on encounter Cloverfield. This might be another creature which I think that can’t stand straight. However, I don’t think there was a opening at the end of the tail.

This film reminds me a bit of Godzilla, Surface, and Transformers. While watching the film, I keep on thinking this must be the doings of Japanese attacking America. Don’t forget to visit Gerry Canavan for his collection of the ruin of Statue of Liberty in various movies.

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