Muto Cocoon??

Oh man, you beat me to the topic! :( I was just about to bring up the cocoon theory.  Good on ya for getting to it first, man! :)

Daikaiju_Danielle:

That is EXACTLY what I thought too!  If this thing is some type of egg or cocoon, its possible that the eggs or egg-like nodes growing on that warhead from the trailer are subteranian extensions of this object, and the cavern with the warhead is right underneith this thing!  It could b drawing energy from the warhead to help it pupate or gain strength!  WHO KNOWS?!?!?!?! :O

The thought of it being a claw is extremely interesting. The creature could be submerged in ice etc. as the place around it looks quite cold and it also gave that impression when you see the muto rising and st being caught by the wires!

On second thoughts it is most likely a cocoon as it is truly massive in comparison to the car I observed in the screenshot, it is far to big to be just the claw. The people studying it almost definitely know what's going on, why else would they put a maze of wires above it? It's to contain the animal #FAIL

um...okay....when i look at the right side of it,it looks like I can see a beak-like mouth...and it seems as if to the left,there is a contsricted body...almost like rodan...perhaps this may be a third type of muto,being put in containmant? Perhaps,the first muto shot we've seen with the flying one,was a muto trying to rescue it,except they capture it in the wires,but fail... just a specualtion.

Not feeling well today so didn't read all the comments... maybe it goes through several evolutions... from the hokmuto to the muto we saw killed in the SDCC 12 footage and out of that carcass the final, massive flying muto would come?  Just a cool thought

Well if the Muto does undergo metamorphosis and the two fors are one and the same, then there could still be a whole other monster in the film. Edwards said there would be only 2. Maybe Vishnu (if that's what we're still calling him) from the CC footage could still be in the film.

The cocoon stage must take awhile judging from the huge, sophisticated getup they have there.