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A very strange thing happened to me today. I was out assisting with the teaching of a Search and Recovery course for scuba diving, and the thing that the students were trying to find in this body of water was me.
I was sitting at the bottom of this flooded rock quarry, hanging out for what I knew was going to be at least 15 minutes. While I floated there, stationary, I turned my head and noticed half a dozen fish nearby. It's not uncommon to see fish in this water, so I thought little of it. After a few more minutes went by, I noticed that the fish had not moved. They simply floated there, moving only their pectoral fins to keep themselves in one spot.
This got me thinking. Is this how fish spend their days? I figured they would busy themselves with finding food, swimming around, sleeping, and the sort. But do they really just sit there, practically motionless for most of the day? It's weird. I just figured they'd have more going on... It really surprised me.
I was sitting at the bottom of this flooded rock quarry, hanging out for what I knew was going to be at least 15 minutes. While I floated there, stationary, I turned my head and noticed half a dozen fish nearby. It's not uncommon to see fish in this water, so I thought little of it. After a few more minutes went by, I noticed that the fish had not moved. They simply floated there, moving only their pectoral fins to keep themselves in one spot.
This got me thinking. Is this how fish spend their days? I figured they would busy themselves with finding food, swimming around, sleeping, and the sort. But do they really just sit there, practically motionless for most of the day? It's weird. I just figured they'd have more going on... It really surprised me.