The current passing out in the localized area can and will kill off fish.
Even at lower voltages electricity can cause fish some problems. They used to use telephone magnetos (the old hand-crank phones) to stun and catch fish. It's illegal unless you're a licensed biologist doing tagging and census numbers.
So a fish at ground zero is going to die most likely.
Some probably do if they are too close to where the bolt strikes. But the current rapidly spreads out and will be non-fatal a relatively small distance away. But no one notices a couple of dead fish in a storm, and they soon get eaten by scavengers.
Like cows in a paddock. Some closest to the hit could be killed, the rest of them just get a heck of fright.
Your assumption is wrong. If any fish are near the lightning strike of course they die. Eventually they will float to the surface and other creatures or animals will eat them. Of course the the electricity from lightning dispenses in the water and goes to ground so it doesn't hang around. Where the electricity goes once grounded I think is really unknown. -jacob
Since salt water is a better conductor then the fish, it travels around the fish through the salt water, not through the fish. Fish do die, but not all of them.
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Fish do die.
The current passing out in the localized area can and will kill off fish.
Even at lower voltages electricity can cause fish some problems. They used to use telephone magnetos (the old hand-crank phones) to stun and catch fish. It's illegal unless you're a licensed biologist doing tagging and census numbers.
So a fish at ground zero is going to die most likely.
Some probably do if they are too close to where the bolt strikes. But the current rapidly spreads out and will be non-fatal a relatively small distance away. But no one notices a couple of dead fish in a storm, and they soon get eaten by scavengers.
Like cows in a paddock. Some closest to the hit could be killed, the rest of them just get a heck of fright.
Ian
Your assumption is wrong. If any fish are near the lightning strike of course they die. Eventually they will float to the surface and other creatures or animals will eat them. Of course the the electricity from lightning dispenses in the water and goes to ground so it doesn't hang around. Where the electricity goes once grounded I think is really unknown. -jacob
Since salt water is a better conductor then the fish, it travels around the fish through the salt water, not through the fish. Fish do die, but not all of them.
grow up and how old are you like seriously ?!?!?!