• Question: when lightning hits the sea why don't the fish die?

    Asked by Gabz to Adrian, Gaia, Jim, Scott, Vicky on 10 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Gaia Andreoletti

      Gaia Andreoletti answered on 10 Mar 2016:

      They do die! it depends on how far they are from where the lightning strikes.

    • Photo: Adrian Buzatu

      Adrian Buzatu answered on 10 Mar 2016:

      Maybe they die? Water is good conductor, so the electricity would spread quickly. So maybe only the fish very close to the strike point die.

    • Photo: Scott Lawrie

      Scott Lawrie answered on 10 Mar 2016:

      Lightning doesn’t penetrate very far into the sea: it tends to skate along on the surface. Therefore fish near the surface do die, but the sea is very deep so most fish don’t even notice the lightning!

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