ahhhh! that makes a lot of sense. the fish were attacking me and I think I assumed collision with the fish would hurt. and "attacking" (which is how it looks) is so easy right now.
a little teleportation animation would be rad!
yeah, lots of ways to solve it if you come back to it. a little playable intro could communicate it all really easily. like you don't have the camera yet and you're swimming past all the fish, and maybe you see something super rare and when you leave no one believes you.