User blog comment:OnePieceNation/The New Kind/@comment-4094422-20120318201454/@comment-4783583-20120319005856

the awakened zoan seen so far are pretty mindless. They are basically far more animal like. Also Pekoms has eaten a zoan devil fruit (a turtle one) meaning his normal lion appearance is not due to a devil fruit. The theory they might be minkmen is pretty good one.