water conducts electricity. Then how come the marine lives are safe during a lightening in the sea?

Answer 1

Electrical current follows the path of least resistance, and will therefore not pass through a fish on its way to ground potential, as the resistance of a fish body is more than the water. Unless, of course, you tie a fish to ground and shock hook electric up to the other end of the fish, but I doubt you have that much spare time. In order to be electricuted, you have to complete a path to ground. This is also why if a power line falls on your car and it is energized, you're best to stay in the car, because this keeps your body at the same potential as the car. Many people get killed trying to get out of the car, as their one foot completes a path to ground and they get zapped.

Answer 2

Yyou will find that if a lightening bolts hits water, and there just happens To be a fish swimming close by then the fish will be stunned .

Otherwise the volume of water will dissipate electrical current to earth or ground!..

Answer 3

why a human or other land animal is harmed by a lifghtening is because all the current of the lightning goes through him, and not through air, because he is more conductive than the air around him (that is why you should wear rubber boots to isolate youreslf if you work with electricity - to cut the possible pathway through your body) so in water the lightning travels through water as well as through the fish - not preferentially through the fish. nevertheless, if there is storm and you are swimming, get out of water!!! you dont want the lightning to find you head!

Answer 4

There's so much volume of water that its all dissipated. Only the fish near the lightening strike gets a good zap

Answer 5

because the electricity isnt strong enough

Answer 6

They aren't