When lightning strikes the sea,why dont all the fish die?
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Well apply that theory to land. that's like saying "why doesn't everyone die when lightening strikes the ground"
They're not earthed
The ligtning is highly unlikey to pass through any fish in the sea, so they will not be affected; there is a lot of sea in terms of volume so the energy will be discipated to next to nothing.
I have no deeper knowledge on this topic, but as far as i know, what i learned at college etc, lighting will never struck at the sea since it is not grounded, it strucks only to the ground. Maybe, if there is unlucky ship passing by, it can struck it through the sails, well, thats just what i think about .
Because you're talking about a small charge in a very big ocean. The effects would be limited to an area a few feet from where the lightning actually struck the water.
Some do. But the sea is too big, lightning too localised, for ALL the fish globally to cop it at once!
What makes you think some of them don't? When lighting strikes, it starts from the ground up. It is the positively charged plasma particles that reel it in. The ocean is not struck as often as one would think, but when it is the first thing the lightening wants to do is be grounded. It doesn't take long to reach the ground, even a mile deep, if you are traveling at the speed of light. (pity anything in its path though).
Have you seen Charlie the Tuna lately. He got smoked. Fish can die from lighting.
Maybe they do - how would we know?!
good question!
the electricity is dispersed over such a wide area of the sea that the effect becomes almost nothing,but it does happen.
Greaaat question!... One I wondered about myself several times and I don't know the answer, except from the reading I did I think it's dissipation factor.
it is highly unlikely for a lightingbolt to strike on sea. take it form a me, a scientist.
The ligtning is highly unlikey to pass through any fish in the sea, so they will not be affected; there is a lot of sea in terms of volume so the energy will be discipated to next to nothing.
while i can't say with certainty, one can easily assume that if electric eels don't have their power fry everything, then lightenign is the same on a larger scale.
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