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Question

lightning strikes the ocean why don't all the fish die?

Answer 1

fish have an invisible lightning shield around them.

Answer 2

Assuming lightning does strike the ocean, it would conduct the electricity, salt water being a good conductor. However, it would conduct the electricity in all directions at once. The electricity will end up being spread over a large area very quickly. Some fish may die near the strike, but by the time the electricity reaches very far it will have dissipated. You can imagine the electricity like a drop of food coloring in water, at first it is very concentrated, but by the time it reaches the edges of the container, you can hardly notice it.

Answer 3

Some do. Typically, lightning will disperse in all directions, primarily just above the surface, looking for a decent ground. I have never seen lightning actually strike the ocean, although I have seen it hit lakes, typically near a tree. Ball lightning can hit the ocean.

I have heard of cloud to ground lightning, and ground to cloud lightning, but never ocean to cloud or cloud to ocean lightning.

The electrical disturbances in the atmosphere near the ocean tend to manifest in the form or St Elmo's Fire, which is usually seen in the rigging of ships, or in the form like a will of the wisp.

Answer 4

The electricities not that strong.
It's not going to conduct through the entire ocean.
If that was true, then people on opposite of this world could also die from one little lightning strike.
What about tasers? You think that'll affect someone swimming in Hawaii?

Answer 5

Because they are not grounded

Answer 6

It doesn't kill them, it just makes them mad

Answer 7

they're not GROUNDED.