Forum:Zoan

just a question, can there be a zoan fruit modelled after aquatic animals like frogs, crocodiles, fish, etc.? Would they be able to swim? And if they were something that could breathe underwater then they wouldnt die if the fell into the sea so could that be an exception to devil fruit users who have the sea as their weakness?

In my opinion, the question is kinda same as "can a fish/merfolk with DF swim and survive underwater?". Under any conditions whatsoever, DF's standard weakness applies. It occured onto fish/merfolks despite them being fish/merfolks (Vander Decken), with no exception or loophole in the rule. Hence with your situation here, there could be zoan aquatic animals like crocodile (the animal, not the character), frogs and tortoise (if you consider it as aquatic). They can walk on land all right but when submerged underwater or on still waters, standard DF weakness still applies, they will be rendered immobile and sink.

As to whether can they breath underwater or not, I am thinking a fish/merfolk (with DF) can because its a natural trait even before they consume a DF. As for other standard DF user of aquatic zoan type, I think so too because they may gain the ability to breath underwater as part of the aquatic zoan DF "package".

Can they die underwater? It remains unknown as yet. But my bet was on something like Will Turner Sr (a.k.a Bootstrap Bill Turner). After Bootstrap obtained immortality due to the curse of Aztec gold, he was sent deep down into the depths of the sea (abandoned by Barbossa) and there he remained - eternally drowned but unable to die. Same case can be applied onto Vander Decken and it could also be the same with aquatic Zoan DF user who has the ability to breath underwater unless they ran out of age. 04:12, May 24, 2012 (UTC)