(03-24-2022, 09:39 AM)WonderCow Wrote: Lovely pics, but I have a phobia of fish, and could never go diving, because if one touched me even the people on land would hear me screaming! I can't even go paddling on the beach for the same reason.
I don't have a problem with fish from the supermarket though, they're tasty!
I never have been touched by a fish, in all my dives :) Not once, so no worries. The only situation what would count is a pusher fish getting angry at my fins and taking a bite.
Add: I had a lot more incidents with other divers. Things like them rumbling into me or cutting me off and hitting my face with their fins, beating the mask off my face. That's nice in 20m depth or so /sarc, free nose cleaning if you do not react fast enough and make bubbles out of them. And the salt water burns in the eyes, we train that so we don't panic when it happens.
If you think car driving and think about the things happening on the road... now think 3D lol. They can come from all sides and may even just descent on you. At least when they come from below I can see them and the bubbles and get out.