Shanks was evolving!
As soon as Sebastian noticed this, he was stunned. His plan originally was that after getting back to the shark clan, there, Shanks would have the perfect and secure environment to evolve to the orange tier.
He did not expect the shark to start evolving right away. This confirmed one of his hidden speculations that unlike him, other creatures in Oceania have little or no control over their evolutions.
Perhaps, they had slight control over it but it was definitely not as precise as the one he enjoyed through his system.
For a long time, he's speculated about skill and adaptation points. Now, through this encounter, he somehow answered his queries himself.
He guessed that like him, other creatures in Oceania got skill and adaptation points with each kill but they couldn't see it tabulated clearly the way his system simplified everything to him.