He told us these solitary creatures can generate up to 45-volts of electricity for subduing prey or self-defense (which, in my case, it was clearly self-defense). And he did. He explained a little about the fish we encountered. At that point you couldn’t Google anything (yes, there was a time before Google), so we just had to wait until we returned our gear to the rental shop in hopes the owner would impart some knowledge. We continued the discussion as we kicked back to the beach. He said he received no shock when he touched the fish. He thought my hand signal for “electric shock” was my way of expressing excitement about my short ride on the back of the fish. Upon reaching the top I explained to Thor what had happened. We were each at about 700 psi so we slowly made our way up to the surface. Now the fish started to move away and we just let it go. I swam next to him and indicated he shouldn’t touch it.
My brain still couldn’t process what had just happen and now seeing Thor getting just about as sensual as you could with a fish and not feeling any repercussions left me even more confused.
He was caressing this fish and it did nothing but float there and take it. He put both hands on it and moved them slowly across its body. He apparently didn’t understand, because he went over to the fish and touched it. I just kept opening and closing my hands quickly and violently while I rolled my eyes hoping he would understand I was just shocked by that monster fish floating 6-feet away. I motioned “electric shock” which is a hard thing to communicate 30-feet below the surface. I tried to explain with my hands what had just happened to me. I guess he thought it was cool that I rode on the fish even if it was just a matter of moments. Meanwhile, Thor approached me and gave me a smile. I had to shake it off for a a minute or so. It stopped my body down completely for a moment and left me stunned. A haze of confusion hung over me as the fish gave a few swishes of its tail and moved about 6-feet away and then just drifted once again in the current. That fish just rocked me and it wasn’t just a little shock. I wondered if my body had just malfunctioned. I had heard of electric eels but not a fish. What in the heck just happened?! I had no clue.
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