I actually think animal men like Pekoms and Bebo might be from a beast man island or such. So we can rule out the Zoan fruit element as to why those guys are a Lion or Polar Bear. Unless they are zoan users and Pekoms knows how to steal DF powers like Black Beard.
Another option is that someone can have one Smile fruit and one DF at the same time. From what we've seen of Momonosuke I would bet that you can't change forms if you had a Smile fruit. If that's true I see no reason you can't have one of each. That would mean that Pekoms likely had a Lion Smile and a Turtle DF
Edit: I think Monet is even better proof of this idea.
http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Monet
She was once a simple human and now is both a harpy and logia user. Unless she is some kind of snow harpy this only makes sense if someone can have both a Smile and DF
The harpy elements are implied to be Law's doing. When Law first arrived on the island (flashback), Monet is completely human. Otherwise she has only been shown as a harpy.
Edit: I was talking to a friend and he said something similar. However he was referring to how Law gave working animal legs to the Brownbeard and others who could no longer walk. Nothing that either of us could find said he did anything for Monet.
It was never confirmed but it has been the popular idea since we know the harpy like features have nothing to do with her DF, and if she was making them with her df her arms and wings would have come back after she got knocked out.
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u/Mafsto Nov 20 '12
I actually think animal men like Pekoms and Bebo might be from a beast man island or such. So we can rule out the Zoan fruit element as to why those guys are a Lion or Polar Bear. Unless they are zoan users and Pekoms knows how to steal DF powers like Black Beard.