#im now 0.1% smarter in shark knowledge

[helcef]

Mer Soap would be either a tiger shark, a copper shark, lemon shark, black tip reef shark or mako shark. Take your pick. 😄

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Spent some time googling basic facts about each one and it came down to copper, lemon and blacktip (honestly dont remember why i crossed out tiger sharks because it could probably work for soap quite well. didnt consider mako sharks bc well.. they scare the shit out of me and i dont want to spend time looking at them)

Decided to pick the blacktip shark (carcharhinus limbatus) rather than blacktip reef sharks specifically bc the reef ones were too tiny. Plus their habitat is much too shallow to me for mer!soap.

Saw some people say they’ve seen too much blacktip/reef shark soap but i was already three doodles deep so whoops

Nonetheless, Ghost’s species still live significantly deeper at about 500m or lower so realistically i don’t know how he would meet and stay around Soap. Maybe Ghost goes to the surface for air, gets caught with a harpoon from poachers and Soap follows the “scent” of blood. If anyone has more coherent ideas to add, feel free bc im Not a writer in the slightest. Building lore hurts my pea brain.

bonus: went to the aquarium the day i got this ask so i kept an eye out for sharks in particular, turns out they have blacktip reef sharks!