



Found after returning from Skypiea and before arriving at Long Ring Long Land island, they have powerful flippers that can cause tidal waves. The Sea Monkeys ( シーモンキー, Shī Monkī ?) are sea creatures with monkey-like faces. It turns out that earlier the sea boar had eaten Camie and Pappag, and spat them out shortly after being rescued. Their name may be a reference to the black-tailed gull, colloquially known as "Sea Cats" ( 海猫, Umi-neko ?) in Japan due to their cat-like calls.Ī Sea Boar ( 海イノシシ, Umi Inoshishi ?) appeared in Hatchan's cover story, where Hatchan saved it from an attacking sea monster. Notably, the Tomb of the Kings contains multiple statues carved in their likeness. Despite their preying on ships, the Kingdom of Arabasta considers them religiously significant ("endangered" in the 4Kids dub), and strictly forbids them from being harmed. They are classified as a type "A" creature, "Big Friendly". While grown specimens are as large as any other Sea Beast, juveniles-the only juvenile Sea Beasts depicted thus far-are "only" slightly larger than the 3.01m (9'10") Jinbe. Sea Cats ( 海ネコ, Umi Neko ?, Cat Sharks in the 4Kids-dubbed anime), like ordinary cats, possess large, pointed ears, slit-pupiled eyes, distinct philtrum lips, and front limbs ending in paws-which they sometimes raise in a "beckoning" gesture, akin to a maneki-neko, upon surfacing. Their name may be a pun on real-life dugongs and manatees, which are commonly referred to as "sea cows". Just like normal cows, sea cows have four stomachs bacteria and parasites dwell inside them, digesting anything the cows choose to eat, including poison from venomous animals, making these creatures essentially immune to food poisoning. Besides helping them swim as fast as 70 km/h (43.5 mps), their fins contain retractable bones sharp enough to act as claws. The fish-like scales on their bodies are actually their hardened skin, protecting their vital organs from external attacks as an armor. Sea Cows are the only Sea Beasts known to be capable of moving on land (as the Arlong Pirates had let Momoo rampage inland through Gosa Village). This stands somewhat in contrast to their behavior of attacking and overturning ships, though it has been indicated that they do not actually eat human beings. They are classified as type "A" creatures, "Big Friendly". So far, the only known specimen is Momoo of the Arlong Pirates, who stands at a height of 36 meters (118'1" feet) and a weight of 16 tons (32,000 lbs). Sea Cows ( 海牛, Kaigyū ?) greatly resemble normal, land-based cows, with curved horns, fleshy noses, and "patchy" coloring-though they are still carnivorous, with appropriately sharp teeth. The Sea Beast Weapons are cyborg Sea Beasts which guard Egghead under the command of Vegapunk. In addition, at least a few types of Sea Beasts have displayed high enough intelligence and sapience to form their own underwater towns, complete with law enforcement systems. Nevertheless, they are much easier for powerful individuals to intimidate and domesticate around Fish-Man Island in particular, they are commonly captured and harnessed by experienced pirates for underwater transportation, with the New Fish-Man Pirates being known to own an entire pack. While not as aggressively carnivorous as Sea Kings (which are, in fact, one of their natural predators), most Sea Beasts will indiscriminately attack smaller animals, including both humans and merfolk. However, smaller sea beasts such as the Sea Squirrel exist as well, which are only a bit larger than humans. The majority of sea beasts are gigantic in size, easily being around the size of a kraken (which can have an estimated length of 300m) and even their young can be quite huge. The main difference between them and their surface counterparts are the added scales along their bodies, their fish-like fins and tail fin instead of legs and/or tails, and the ability to breath underwater, presumably through gills. Their appearance is generally based around mammalian surface animals, such as cats, cows, elephants and many other kinds of mammals.
