2006-10-16 03:41:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
Lightening can stun or kill fish, but in the ocean it diffuses through a very large mass of water.
2 anecdotes:
A fellow who grew up in Mississipi in the early part of the 20 century told me that as a boy he and his friends used to go "telephone fishing." They got the crank magneto off of a telephone, put two lead wires on it, went to a local stream, and dropped the wires in a few feet apart. When cranked vigorously, this magneto developed a good voltage, and the fish were stunned and came to the top.
Another guy who used to "ball hawk," which is stealing golf balls out of golf course ponds at night for resale, told me that he was underwater in a pond one night when it was struck by lightning! He said the whole pond lit up like the sun! He was quite stunned, and the fact that he had on a rubber wet suit may have saved him. No more "ball hawking" that night!!!
2006-10-16 03:53:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
when lightling hit an ocean despite the excellent conductivity of the water the lightning still doesnt get very far. The ocean is huge and a few lightning strike cannot even penetrate beyond the top layer and most life occurred something like 10m below surface anyway. Also as the electricity pass through water it continually lose energy and beside frying a few planktons will quickly lose any and all energy so electricity don't get very far. If electric can kill fish en mass in the fashion u described then electric eel will be the top predators of the sea.
2006-10-16 04:05:47 · answer #2 · answered by smart son of a bich 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What makes you think some don't?
An old trick we used to use in New Mexico was to take a military phone generator or a dynamo (the type used to set off dynamite) drop the wires a considerable distance apart on floats, and crank the hell out of it.
Fish would pop to the surface within two minutes, whereas with dynamite, the fish immediately popped up, but the noise would alert the game warden.
Another trick some people used was just to throw a car battery into the water.
In short, the fish would be stunned for a considerable distance after a lightning strike.
2006-10-16 03:54:03 · answer #3 · answered by ericnifromnm081970 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now I not sure. Thought of this off the top of my head.
Many animals such as dogs can sense lightening as it is a Static Charge that builds and then discharges. So, the fish may feel this charge in the water building and move away from the area instinctively.
Well, it sounds good to me! Ha!!!
OK, now my mom is in on this; She said when a person shoot a bullet into water it flattens out and not go far. So, in the words of my Momma; "It hits the water and spreads across the top of the water, not going down to where the fish are"! LOL!!!
2006-10-16 03:51:04 · answer #4 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those within the general area are, but as the mass of the ocean is very large, the energy from the lightening is dissipated to a minimum very quickly.
U.P.
2006-10-16 03:54:19 · answer #5 · answered by usaf.primebeef 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their outer skin has a layer of protection that prevents the lightning from seeping into the system of the fish, so most fishes actually can't feel much of the lightning strike.
2006-10-16 03:43:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lightning hit metal objects only. Even if it hits ocean the fishes will temporarily be paralysed and then they will be fine.
2006-10-16 03:47:45 · answer #7 · answered by diab0lic_blasph3my 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause the ocean is a body of water and it really does not afact the fish
2006-10-16 09:56:42 · answer #8 · answered by pokemon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋