#and that while they can get around in the deep with electrolocation they don't like to

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

Just found out electric eels a) technically aren't eels, they're just fish that look like eels and b) swim in a special way that make them extremely fast swimmers (with average speeds of 62 mph)

So anyway, merperson au where the speedsters are electric eels

#lightning! speed! aerodynamic! #it's perfect #well #brighter colors though #in my head im thinking that the eel mers are bright colors to warn off predators hence the neon red and yellow #natures warning sign #but i also think that their main food source is sharks #because sharks can sense electricity and its attractive to them. so I think the speedsters pack hunt like velocoraptors #one in front with the static turned up to act as bait #and at least one other hiding with the static off for an ambush #apex predators #but the trade off is they have terrible vision. like normal human vision but terrible vision in comparison to other mers #they can't see in the dark at all so they're usually in higher waters where it's sunny #which is accurate btw eels can't see shit #they have electrolocation apparently #so i guess the speedsters have that too but im going to say that they still prefer to see #and that while they can get around in the deep with electrolocation they don't like to #also eels breathe through their mouths and their gills are mostly vestigial #and eels can live for hours out of the water because they won't suffocate #so uhhhhhhh. they're very familiar with the surface imma say. #little mermaid mentality